The ongoing Big Data skills shortage is providing great opportunities for developers with Hadoop and related experience.
In November 2001, IBM open sourced an internal project focused on creating a common component framework for developers -- and open source Eclipse was born.
Highsmith took some time earlier this month to talk about the legacy of the development movement he helped get on the map.
David Ramel follows up his "Highest Paid Programmers" article with a look inside the world of high-frequency trading (HTF), where coders earn top dollars and even nanoseconds count.
A lot of companies profess to following Agile software development practices, but most of them are still clinging to some of the old waterfall ways of doing things, said Forrester Research Principal Analyst Dave West in a recent Webcast.
How much can a programmer get paid? Our reporter went on a quest to document the high-end salary range for programmers, including the highest verifiable salary. Here's what he found out.
4G is "a myth," cloud computing is "bullsh*t," game development is "thirsty work" and 48 other tech wisdoms courtesy of Google's auto-fill.
Video walkthroughs show you how to find a dozen treats hidden in free (or free trial) software.
Sometimes programers get fired. And some of those individuals try to exact their revenge.
From the expected (spilling company secrets) to the ridiculous (taking left over pizza), here's how some developers saw their jobs – and sometimes careers – come to the end.
In the first part of this tutorial series, Wallace McClure walks you through what MonoDroid is and how .NET developers can use it to create Android apps.
In the second part of this tutorial series, Wallace McClure walks you through the basics of creating a MonoDroid app.
Expert Lisa Crispin offers her top tips for successful agile development and testing.
Make sure you know all your options before you pick a cloud provider. Here's six more up-and-coming cloud computing platforms that should be on your radar.
Popcap's director of mobile engineering talks about the pros and cons of developing its games for the three top smartphone platforms: iOS, Android and Windows Phone 7.
Government agencies will soon have access to storage, virtualization and Web hosting applications via Apps.gov, the General Service Administration's cloud-based storefront, government officials said yesterday.
Releasing frustration one line of code at a time.
MonoTouch developer and book author Wallace McClure discusses the evolving arena of Mono-based application development for the iPhone.
Sure, you can compete with every other company for developers from MIT, Stanford and Cal Tech, but here's six other schools with top-level Computer Science programs that you should be looking at.
The dog days of August are a good time to take stock of some of the major themes and trends likely to shape the development space toward the end of 2010 and into 2011.