Application Development News & Articles


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.

Usability and Design for Rich Web Experiences

Websites that provide a rich Web experience get more clicks and make more dollars, all else being equal. The trick is figuring out what users regard as rich.

Is Microsoft Office In Trouble?

Recent events bode ill for the dominant productivity suite.

Key Microsoft Virtualization CTP Coming This Year

Tool is timed to release with Windows Server 2008.

Pervasive's Java Framework for Multicore

The company is rolling out a solution to better handle Java's complexities in data-intensive applications using multiple processors.

Serena Treads New Ground With Mashups

Company known for its ALM solutions is now in the mashup business.

Polarion Unveils ALM 3.0 Open Source App

Solution helps track software development projects and enables team collaboration.

Microsoft Nears Release of Virtualization Management Tool

Final availability expected next month.

'Patch Tuesday' Load Lightened by One

Microsoft pulls SharePoint Server fix.

IBM Opens RSS Spigot for Developers

Portal users can now connect to information streaming in real time.

Salary Survey: IT Workers Continue to Flourish

Third straight year of salary, bonus increases indicated.

CodeGear Unveils IDE for Rapid Web Development

Platform aims to help developers quickly create database-driven Windows and .NET applications for the Web.

Microsoft Releases Silverlight

Web development platform to compete with Flash.

W3C Publishes Web Services Policy 1.5

Group devises a more flexible method of handling policy changes for Web services and service-oriented architectures.

What's Behind the Windows Server 2008 Delay?

Some analysts believe it's tied to Vista SP1.

Site Quantifies Efforts of OSS Java Developers

A Web portal aims to do a better job crediting Java coders who have contributed to open source software projects.

iTKO Bolsters SOA Load Testing Capabilities

An upgrade to the company's flagship product lets users automate test cases in service-oriented architectures.