Application Development News & Articles


Java-Based App Dev Tool Provides GUI for Green Screen

Application developers have a new tool that might make dealing with mainframe software a little easier.

JCP Approves Java EE 6 Spec v2

The Java Enterprise Edition specification (Java EE 6) has been approved by the Java Community Process (JCP).

Study: App Maintenance Is Neglected -- at a Cost

Should you be paying more attention to application maintenance and less to application development?

SpringSource, Oracle To Back Modular Eclipse Project for Java

The momentum behind the OSGi-based modular approach to developing and deploying applications and libraries got some additional horsepower last week when Oracle and SpringSource announced that they would be the first two companies backing a newly proposed Eclipse project.

Ruby Rocks at Qcon

JRuby project co-lead Charles Nutter points to packed sessions at the annual Qcon conference as evidence of Ruby's growing popularity.

Google Chrome OS Released as Open Source Code

Google's previously under-wraps operating system is now available to developers as open source code, the company announced on Thursday.

Q&A: Microsoft Distinguished Engineer Yousef Khalidi Discusses Private Cloud Migration

Yousef Khalidi talked about Microsoft's new Azure cloud services at the Interop trade show on Thursday.

Analysis: Has Secure Software Development Reached its Limits?

What kinds of results can developers reasonably expect from SDLC?

Adobe Releases Betas of Flash 10.1 and AIR 2

Adobe released the public betas of its namesake Flash Player 10.1 and its next-generation Adobe Integrated Runtime, dubbed AIR 2.

Ray Ozzie and Bob Muglia Kick Off PDC 09

Microsoft's dev confab keynote spotlights Windows Azure and cloud development.

PDC09 Preview: Azure Launch Among Highlights at Microsoft's Developer Conference

Thousands of attendees are expected to gather in Los Angeles this week to learn more about Microsoft's developer platform strategy.

Mono Tools Plug-in for Visual Studio

Visual Studio plug-in lets Windows developers create .NET-compatible Mono applications that run on Linux, Unix and Mac-based systems.

JRuby 1.4 Released

The latest release of JRuby, the 100 percent Java implementation of the Ruby programming language, marks another solid step in the evolution of this dynamic scripter.

Interop Vendor Adds Transaction Bridging

Java/.NET interoperability solutions provider JNBridge is adding features to the next release of its core interop tool that will integrate distributed transactions between enterprise Java and .NET platforms.

Updates Help Coders Put Windows 7 Tech Into Vista apps

Microsoft releases APIs that support Windows 7 updates for Vista apps.

CA Adds Real-Time Visibility to Distributed and Mainframe Systems and Apps

CA intends to provide real-time visibility into its disparate distributed and mainframe application performance management platforms.

Windows 7 Launches With a Touch of Kindle

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer formally unveiled Windows 7 at a ceremony in New York City, and announced a deal with Amazon to put its Kindle e-book reader software on touch-enabled Windows 7 tablet PCs.

Zend Advances PHP and Cloud Effort at ZendCon

Zend Technologies, creator and commercial maintainer of the PHP dynamic scripting language, Wednesday kicked off its ZendCon conference by releasing the first public beta of its Zend Server 5.0 Web-app server.

Is Your Dev Budget Being Squandered?

One-third of expenditures on development projects are squandered by three-quarters of organizations, because they lack consistent requirements and discovery management processes, according to a recently released study.

Oracle Upgrades Test Suite with Java Scripting Engine

Oracle last week released a new version of its Application Testing Suite with a new Java-based scripting engine that automates both functional and load testing.