Web Development News & Resources


Kotlin Goes Open Source

Kotlin, the JVM-targeted programming language introduced last summer by development toolmaker JetBrains, is now open source.

eXo Platform Advances 'UXP as a Service' for Java Devs

eXo, the French company best known for its GateIn-based enterprise Java portal, just released version 3.5 of its flagship eXo Platform.

EclipseSource Launches RAP Mobile

EclipseSource has just unveiled RAP mobile, an alternative for developing apps in Java based on the Eclipse Rich Ajax Platform (RAP).

Cloud9 Launches Documentation Site for Node.js Devs

Cloud9, makers of a Web-based integrated development environment (IDE) for Javascript and HTML 5 applications, was in the spotlight at this week's Node Summit because of its support of Microsoft's Azure cloud.

Guthrie Talks Node.js and Azure at Cloud Event

The open-source Node.js server-side JavaScript development environment was the spotlight of Microsoft's keynote presentation.

Java Community Process Approves JSON API Spec Request

The Java Community Process (JCP) has approved a Java Specification Request (JSR) submitted by Oracle to create a Java API to process JavaScript Object Notation, the lightweight data-interchange format better known as JSON.

NetBeans 7.1 Released

Oracle on Thursday announced the availability of the NetBeans 7.1 IDE, the first upgrade of the open source development environment since the 7.0 release in April.

Oracle Releases Java 7, Java 6 Updates

Oracle has released software updates for Java Standard Edition 6 and 7.

Embedded Pivot Tables for Java Web Apps

Potix Corporation this week released ZK Pivottable 1.0, which it's billing as one of the "first true pivot tables" that can be embedded in Java Web applications.

Oracle WebLogic Server 12c To Feature Cloud, Java EE 6 and Java 7 Support

Oracle WebLogic Server 12c is being billed as the corner stone of the company's Cloud Application Foundation and a core component of its Oracle Fusion Middleware product line.

Kendo: New Unified Framework for HTML5 and JavaScript

Developer tools and solutions provider Telerik today launched a new front-end development framework for building applications and Web sites with HTML5 and JavaScript.

Microsoft Releases IE 10 Platform Preview 4

The fourth platform preview version of Internet Explorer 10 was released by Microsoft today.

Joyent Joins VMware's Community Leads Program To Support Node.js

In an effort to lend its Node.js expertise to VMware's Cloud Foundry project, cloud software and services provider Joyent has signed on to VMware's Community Leads program.

Java PaaS Jelastic Supports App Deployment on Nginx Web Server

Hivetext Technologies announced this week that its Java-based Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) Jelastic will be supporting the Nginx Web server.

HTML 5 Cloud for Mobile Devs Launched by Sencha

A beta version of Sencha's mobile cloud service, aimed at developers building shared applications, has been released.