Application Development News & Articles


New Visual Dev Tool Unveiled at Dreamforce

Salesforce.com broadens its appeal to developers with new Interface-building tool.

First Update for Windows Home Server Released

Very few of Microsoft's new servers for the home are available in the United States.

Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate Imminent

The RC is expected to be released this week, barring potential quality contol delays.

Major Day of Windows Releases From Microsoft

Windows Server 2008, Vista SP1 take big steps forward.

SQL Server 2008 CTP Slips, but Key Features Promised

Testers of Microsoft's database server can expect a delayed release.

DMTF Hammers Out SMASH 2.0

Industry organization's latest spec supports the use of Web services to exchange management data.

MuleSource Enters Hosted Data Integration Biz

New software-as-a-service offering lets companies reach into the Internet cloud.

Solaris Gets Virtualization Boost

Sun adds support for Linux virtualization to OS, plus PostgreSQL support.

Eclipse Introduces First Integrated PHP Dev Tools

New PDT 1.0 plug-in for Eclipse features tight PHP and Java integration.

New WPF Reference App Displays 'Juicy' Capabilities

Source code for online catalog app, named Tangerine, released by Infragistics.

First Look: REALbasic 2007 Gets Linux Support

Solution offers an alternative way to extend Visual Basic 6 projects and work across platforms.

CodeGear Touches 3rdRail With New IDE

Development tool facilitates Ruby coding using Rails framework.

SOA Report: BEAWorld Brings New Initiatives

No stone was left unturned as BEA Systems announced new products and initiatives at its BEAworld event.

VMworld Shines Spotlight on Virtualization

Products and partnerships announced at event.

W3C Fires Up the Semantic Web With GRDDL

New recommendations aim to facilitate data sharing and mashups.

CollabNet Rolls Out Improved ALM Solution

New Enterprise Edition product makes it easier for companies to manage software development projects through the use of templates and improved collaboration tools.

MySQL Upgrades Flagship Database, Services

Latest version of open source database is designed to improve performance and simplify management of large applications.

Standards Gain Ground at OpenAjax Alliance

The industry coalition has rallied around its new OpenAjax Hub spec as key means to ensure interoperability for rich browser interactions, as well as to enable mashups.

Build Maintainable JavaScript

You aren't doing your job if another developer can't look at your source and figure out -- easily -- what you were doing.

Key Microsoft Virtualization CTP Coming This Year

Tool is timed to release with Windows Server 2008.