Developers want more immediate feedback on rogue classes and calls that diminish performance. IT managers want to know the health of the enterprise.
When you first think of modeling, you might not think of .NET. But tools already support such methods, and a Microsoft design set alternative is brewing that will surely shake the software design tree.
Suppliers take app servers to the next level as the technology aims to become e-business cornerstone; some fear feature list will grow too long.
For some vendors, software licenses are like minting money -- but for many software buyers the yearly license invoice is their most dreaded mail. Something has to give.
Once a project has reached death march status,
it will be next to impossible to fulfill all the requirements by the time you reach your deadline. That being the case, the best you can do is to determine which features you must implement and concentrate on getting those done.
A look at software tools and technologies on the market.
Serious corporate developers and weekend homepage builders alike will find a lot to appreciate in Microsoft FrontPage 2003.
New rules to protect investors can give savvy CIOs a raison d'etre for moving forward with innovative new projects that limit legal exposure of top execs.
A reader takes issue with a column by Uche Ogbuji.
There have been periods when experts called for replacing all things technology, but for the most part, managers recognize that maintaining and
updating legacy systems is vital to corporate success.
Thomas Kurian, senior VP of development in
Oracle's app server group, sees parallels between the evolution of the app server and the database.
This enterprise-level system lets you use dynamic XML to share all manner of information, whether it started in XML or not.
SmartDraw provides an easy-to-use drawing package with a wide variety of symbols at a cost-effective price.
AccuRev is an innovative source code control system that features truly atomic transactions, perfectly permanent history, and a nifty graphical client.
From the makers of SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare, this library exposes an API that you can call from your .NET applications to work with multiple SQL Server databases.
Teamplate is a serious workflow framework that integrates with a host of Microsoft products. It's easy to use, both for the developer and the ultimate customer, and offers impressive flexibility.
Rascal Software's Veredus is an easy-to-use single-source documentation builder that stores its projects using XML standards.
Logidex .NET Library offers a way to maintain an enterprise-wide repository of Software Development Assets. It's integrated directly into Visual Studio .NET for ease of use.
XtraBars offers a dizzying array of flexible UI components, complete with source code, for an attractive price.