Web Development News & Resources


Tibco Releases Open-Source AJAX Test Kit

A test kit from Tibco that helps debug code used in asynchronous Web development has been released as an open-source tool.

SOA Software and Red Hat Partner To Support Web Services on JBoss

SOA Software and Red Hat are teaming up to give customers deploying Web services on the open-source JBoss application server a set of tools for governance, security, management and mediation.

Microsoft Changes Tune on Expression

Microsoft will now include its Expression Web product as part of the Microsoft Developer Network Premium subscription, after initially charging extra for it.

JavaScript 'Hijacking' Vulnerability Not Expected To Dampen Enthusiasm for AJAX

A JavaScript-related problem has been found in AJAX-style applications, but it can be secured at the server side.

Sun Provides Early Access to NetBeans Ruby Pack

Java developers are getting early access to the Ruby Pack, a new plug-in for the NetBeans IDE.

SOA Report: Mindreef Teams With ZapThink

Software companies continue to build alliances to further SOA (service-oriented architecture) environments at the enterprise level. Here are a few announcements to date.

ASP.NET AJAX Under the Hood

Scott Cate illustrates how to implement key features of ASP.NET AJAX to a packed crowd at VSLive! San Francisco 2007.

Glassfish V3 Beta Geared to the Enterprise

Open-source Java application server offers better support for SOA and Web 2.0 applications.

Oracle To Get Tangosol's Cache Technology

The pending acquisition will add distributed data caching capability and strengthen Oracle's SOA and data management middleware stack.

It's All in the Cache

There are advantages and disadvantages to today's application-tier caching techniques. Consider your data caching options for improving data-intensive application performance.

HP Gains AJAX Tool With Tabblo Acquisition

Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of Tabblo Inc. will make it easier for consumers to print photos and other rich text from a Web browser. But the deal also gives HP some innovative AJAX technology.

SOA Report: IONA Adds Active Governance

Companies providing service-oriented architecture (SOA) solutions for the enterprise issued announcements about new products, partnerships and deals last week. Here are some of them to date.

SaaS Requires Agile Methods, Group Says

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) developers should toss out their traditional waterfall development approach, according to a new white paper from the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA).

SOA Testing: Reaching the Entire Enterprise

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) presents both promise and peril for corporate developers tasked with developing a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA).

SaaS To Grow and Go Global, Analyst Says

The budding worldwide software as a service (SaaS) market will see an upward trend over the next four years, according to Gartner Inc.