Development

Open APIs fall far short of open source

bproffitt — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:52:27 +0000

The benefits of open APIs come at a cost: little to no influence on the larger product and a higher chance of lock-in.

Morning countdown: Richard Stallman fears the 'JavaScript trap'

jfruh — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Plus: Who tracks the trackers?

JetBrains open-sources Kotlin language

IDGNS staff — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:38:59 +0000

Built as a general-purpose language, Kotlin can be compiled to the JVM or JavaScript

FSF asks web devs to ID JavaScript code

bproffitt — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:28:54 +0000

The Free Software Foundation wants web developers to insert license info within sites to avoid what Richard M. Stallman calls "the JavaScript trap."

Friday fun: What's your guilty pleasure?

ryland — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:21:17 +0000

This question is for developers: After a long week, what kinds of things do you do to wrap the week? Is it a light task, or do you jump into something brand new so you have a head start on Monday?

Free Web tool consolidates data on code vulnerabilities

IDGNS staff — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:59:24 +0000

Enterprise coders can now use an open source Web application that lets them consolidate software vulnerability data from a range of scanning and test tools. With a centralized view, and reporting and management tools, ThreadFix speeds the work needed to fix software bugs and vulnerabilities, including those in proliferating mobile apps.

Five Key Things about Google's Chrome for Android Beta

kevinpurdy — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:29:27 +0000

There’s no Flash. None. Nada. And that’s just the way Adobe wants it, supposedly.

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop in Kenya, says country a strategic hub

IDGNS staff — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:04:12 +0000

Stephen Elop, Nokia Chief Executive Officer was in Kenya Thursday for a high profile visit, which only takes him to two out of the 57 African countries, Kenya and South Africa.

Apps-related jobs tallied at 466K in U.S.

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:40:24 +0000

Nearly half a million jobs in the U.S. have been created because of the 1 million-plus applications designed for smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices, according to a new study.

Telepresence robots less creepy when used as more than just a way to bug co-workers

KevinFogarty — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:09:27 +0000

Telepresence gets big every time travel budgets get small, but the number of situations in which someone would need to remote-control an avatar in a distant office are pretty small. oVideo conferencing does the trick in most cases; in the rest, apparently, there's the VG0.

Canonical aligns Kubuntu as community flavor

bproffitt — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:28:01 +0000

The Kubuntu flavor of Ubuntu is being realigned to community-only status, as in-house Canonical developers are shifted away from the project.

Java tops C in language popularity assessment -- but not by much

IDGNS staff — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:35:24 +0000

Java has been buoyed by Android's success, but C continues to close the popularity gap

Komodo Edit: Feature-packed free programmers' editor

IDGNS staff — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:59:08 +0000

A programmer's editor has to strike a fine balance between being powerful enough for daily use and staying out of the way so you can just look at your code and think. The search for the perfect editor can take years. If you're not perfectly content with the editor you're currently using, you might want to consider Komodo Edit (free). Komodo offers some compelling features at a price that can't be beat.

Programmer personality types: 13 profiles in code

IDGNS staff — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:18:32 +0000

To the world at large, computers are scary machines that are impossible to understand, and programmers are the mysterious geniuses who know how to manipulate them even if they are never able to fix yours for whatever reason.

Concepts of NonStop SQL/MX

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:10:11 +0000

For DBAs and developers who are familiar with Oracle solutions and want to learn about NonStop SQL/MX, this whitepaper provides an overview of the similarities and differences between the two products-with a specific focus on implementation.