Application Development Trends' News


Pentagon: Open Source Good To Go

Military information technology folks wondering if their use of Apache, Perl, Linux and other open source software is copacetic with the brass will soon get some answers from the Defense Department's Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Mono 2.0 Takes Flight

Mono version 2.0, an open source effort to implement the Microsoft .NET development framework for Unix, Linux and other platforms, was formally released Monday.

AccuRev Streams Flow to the Enterprise

SCCM tool supports multiple servers for distributed code management.

Microsoft Outlines Next-Generation Databases

Microsoft is planning to enhance the BI capabilities in the next version of its flagship SQL Server database, the company revealed Monday, as it kicked off its second annual Business Intelligence Conference in Seattle.

Visual Orchestration Tool for Service-Based Applications

Will the concept of a visual orchestration system usher in a new wave of services-based applications? That's what Active Endpoints hopes.

Microsoft Outlines Next-Generation Databases

Microsoft kicked off its BI Conference this week in Seattle with news that it's planning to enhance the BI capabilities in the next version of SQL Server database.

Mono 2.0 Takes Flight

Mono version 2.0, an open source effort to implement the Microsoft .NET development framework for Unix, Linux and other platforms, was formally released today.

Red Hat Expands HPC Solution Availability

The company's Linux-based high-performance computing solution is now available worldwide with support.

Coming to Terms With Cloud Computing

Analysts define an airy concept that's currently looming large on the IT horizon.

Microsoft's 'Dublin' App Server Tied to .NET 4.0

New Windows Server and .NET Framework 4.0 technologies aimed at developers who are building composite applications will be released at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference. The server technologies are the first to support Microsoft's upcoming "Oslo" modeling platform, according to Microsoft.

Amazon To Host Microsoft Solutions in the Cloud

Amazon plans to offer hosted solutions using Microsoft's server technologies in the fall.

LongJump Addresses 'Long Tail' of IT Development

New Java-based, Eclipse-compatible rapid application development suite for cloud computing focuses heavily on reuse.

Silverlight 2 Release Candidate Available

Microsoft issued a new runtime of its rich Internet application development platform, targeting developers.

.NET Making Gains Against Java, Survey Says

According to a new survey, .NET appears to be widening its lead over Java EE.

Visual Studio To Include jQuery Library

In a tip of its hand toward open source software development, Microsoft announced on Sunday that it will incorporate the jQuery JavaScript library into Microsoft Visual Studio and ASP.NET.

MyEclipse Mixes in More Maven

Genuitec has implemented Maven2 in the latest milestone release of its MyEclipse integrated development environment (IDE).

Powerful Grid Set To Handle Collider Data

A high-performance computing network called the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG) will be formally introduced on Friday as part of an international scientific collaboration investigating particle physics, including "Big Bang"-type calculations.

Visual Studio To Include jQuery Library

Microsoft plans to incorporate an open source JavaScript library in Visual Studio and ASP.NET, and contribute to the project.

It's Official: Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0

SQL Server 2005 off the roadmap for Team System 2010.

Mike's Rails Zone: Handling Many-to-Many Relationships in Rails

Mike Gunderloy walks you through the steps and code needed for handling this kind of relationship in the user interface.