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New tech advice: don't learn to code

Posted May 15, 2012 - 11:17 am

Jeff Atwood says "Please Don't Learn to Code," for a variety of reasons. Angry commentary erupted immediately.
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Xamarin adds Android designer to Visual Studio

Posted May 15, 2012 - 6:08 am

Mono for Android SDK offers app-designing for both Microsoft's and Xamarin's IDEs.
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What enterprise mobile apps can learn from mobile games

Posted May 14, 2012 - 3:43 pm

Enterprise mobile apps are shifting from small, narrowly task-oriented programs to larger, more complex ones. To design them well, enterprise developers can learn a lot from a surprising source: mobile games.
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How Apple is breaking free of Google's Maps (and maybe Google, entirely)

Posted May 11, 2012 - 11:33 am

It’s no secret that Apple and Google have the kind of relationship that touring bands have with Ticketmaster: an aspiring artist with a thinly veiled contempt for the company that has all the right connections.
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Facebook developers: How to get admitted into the new App Center

Posted May 10, 2012 - 8:34 pm

Facebook yesterday announced the launch of its new apps directory, called the App Center . The App Center, says Facebook's Aaron Brady, "gives developers an additional way to grow their apps and creates opportunities for more types of apps to be successful." Facebook says people will be able to access the App Center on the Web and in the iOS and Adroid Facebook apps in the coming weeks.
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C keeps its lead over Java, but index's accuracy is questioned

Posted May 10, 2012 - 3:40 pm

An important PHP developer dismissed the validity of Tiobe's language survey, which has C continuing to displace Java as the most popular language
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'Old people' icons: why do we still use them?

Posted May 10, 2012 - 11:23 am

The save icon is a floppy disk, now gone for years. Carbon copy for emails, and reel to reel tapes for voice mail icons. Why do we still use these?
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Using pair programming practices in code inspections

Posted May 9, 2012 - 8:42 pm

If the dynamics of code inspections have changed in the past three decades, how should we inspect now? Matt Heusser suggests that pair programming principles could provide some, but not all, of the answers.
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Fedora Project is naming names

Posted May 9, 2012 - 11:11 am

The Fedora Project is still trying to clarify its process of naming major releases, a process that has been met with calls for revision within the Fedora community.
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Microsoft revamps UI on Visual Studio IDE upgrade

Posted May 8, 2012 - 8:32 pm

Based on feedback from February beta release, revisions affect coloring, icons, and Metro style
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Is this the right way to sell a website? 37Signals offers Sortfolio

Posted May 8, 2012 - 11:15 am

Sortfolio, a website to help you find website designers, will be closed by 37Signals unless someone ponies up $480,000.
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Formula One racing team speeds to agile development

Posted May 7, 2012 - 9:18 pm

You hear a lot about organizations that must make split-second decisions or risk losing to competitors. Split-seconds? That's usually an exaggeration, unless you're talking about Formula One racing.
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What does it mean to developers if Oracle wins on its argument that APIs are copyrightable?

Posted May 7, 2012 - 1:03 pm

In the first portion of the Google/Oracle trial, Oracle is arguing that Google used APIs that are copyrighted by Oracle (or were copyrighted by Sun). I've always thought that as long as you didn't straight up copy the software, you could reproduce an API's interface. In fact, you kinda have to.
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Why Android developers aren't getting paid

Posted May 7, 2012 - 10:53 am

Even as Android still continues to be the disruptive story in mobile marketshare, some industry analysts are continuing to point out the popular open source platforms biggest weakness: monetization.
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Why are software projects so hard, and still hand-crafted?

Posted May 7, 2012 - 10:28 am

Software runs the modern world, yet every program is essentially hand-crafted. Is this why software projects are so hard to get right?
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Daniel Hooper fixes Apple iPad's lousy text editing

Posted May 4, 2012 - 11:08 am

Georgia Tech student Daniel Chase Hooper fixes the lousy text editing on Apple's iPad. Heck of a job application as an Apple developer.
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Joomla plugin best practices

Posted May 3, 2012 - 3:37 pm

The most important thing about plugins is to know when to use them. That means understanding the events available in Joomla and what standard behaviors you can override.
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Pay programmers properly

Posted May 3, 2012 - 11:31 am

Companies complaining they can't find programmers aren't paying enough, but rates can go way, way up for some jobs.
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Developers fear they'll be stifled by judgement in Oracle-Google suit

Posted May 3, 2012 - 10:38 am

Oracle's argument about copyrighting APIs would be a problem for the entire industry, observers say.
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Xamarin has ported Android from Java to C#

Posted May 3, 2012 - 7:21 am

Xamarin has ported Android to C# in an effort to improve its own development tools and show that the OS doesn't have to be dependent on Java.
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Code it again, Sam: Microsoft's Casablanca ties C++ to the cloud

Posted May 3, 2012 - 7:20 am

Project is intended to make it easy for coders to implement RESTful services.
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FREE book: Joomla! Programming

Posted May 1, 2012 - 5:12 pm

ITworld is giving away 5 copies of 'Joomla! Programming' to some lucky readers. Enter now for your chance to win!
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EU-funded open source cloud toolkit to arrive in June

Posted May 1, 2012 - 2:37 pm

The European Union is funding the launch of a new open source toolkit, designed to help European service providers build and run applications in the cloud.
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Question

What is a good way to learn Android app development?

Posted May 1, 2012 - 1:06 pm

Is there a good way to learn how to develop Android apps? My 16 year old son loves his Android and has expressed an interest in learning how to make apps. It may be a passing phase, but once he is interested in something, he tends to stick with it.
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Microsoft links Metro theme to jQuery Mobile, Windows Phone

Posted May 1, 2012 - 7:36 am

With Microsoft Open Technologies release, websites and mobile apps can use Metro style.
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