JetBrains releases IntelliJ IDEA 9.0, the latest version of the first Java IDE with integrated code refactoring.
Open source middleware provider WSO2 is billing its new Gadget Server as "a radical departure from traditional portals."
Red Hat Software has released the first major update to its Eclipse-based developer toolset.
Reports that IBM is in talks to acquire Sun Microsystems drew mixed views as to what Big Blue would gain.
SpringSource released updates to the dynamic programming language and the open source Web app framework last week.
Pulsar aims to create a standard mobile application development tools platform based on the open source Eclipse framework.
Open source Web framework Lift now available under Apache 2.0 license.
Everypoint is courting mobile developers looking to build rich client applications on low-cost Java-based phone sets.
Look for a third-party market of component tools that allow developers to build business applications based on Adobe's Flex rich client programming platform to emerge this year.
Apple is touting improved JavaScript performance and built-in developer tools in browser beta.
Embarcadero Technologies has taken the integration of its CodeGear assets to the next level with what it is coining "on-demand multiplatform software development."
Release combines the GlassFish app server with a number of open source projects, including the GlassFish Web Stack, GlassFish Web Space Server and GlassFish ESB.
Sun Microsystems released a follow-up to its recently released JavaFX platform with its anticipated mobile edition.
On Monday WSO2 unveiled a new service-oriented architecture (SOA) framework built on the OSGi specification.
PHP Development Tools (PDT) version 2.0 is a "major upgrade" according to project leads.
Sun's recent Java Mobile, Media and Embedded Developer Days conference offered a 10,000-foot view of the company's vision.
Skyway's Skyway Builder 6.1 is all about delivering Java EE apps for Spring, but the company started out going in a different direction.
Sonatype's Nexus professional offers a "superset" of features for commercial users.
SpringSource and Adobe Systems make it easier for Java jocks to develop rich Internet applications (RIAs) that use Flex.
The Christmas announcement that the Ruby on Rails project would be merging its efforts with the rival Merb framework in the development of Rails 3 was good news and not-so-good. For Ruby developers worried about a community fracture, it was probably good news; for those who liked the idea of choice among Ruby frameworks, maybe not so much.