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Angst could drive Android developers to focus on far fewer mobile OSes

Posted April 26, 2011 - 3:53 pm

The number of OSes, devices, apps stores and requirements are stretching app developers; users should look for a lot of consolidation starting later this year.
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5 great iPad apps for developers

Posted April 13, 2011 - 9:55 am

It's been said that the iPad is only for content consumption, but a number of app developers have set out to prove otherwise. With these tools, you'll be able to write code and update your Web sites from the comfort of your couch.
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5 new ways to build apps for iPhone, Android, and Web browsers

Posted March 2, 2011 - 2:02 pm

Five start-ups unveiled services for building mobile applications and Web services this week at DEMO Spring 2011, bringing application development capabilities to the masses - or, at least, to people who lack traditional programming and mobile development skills.
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Pervasive's parallel development API paired with Hadoop MapReduce

Posted February 1, 2011 - 10:02 am

DataRush 5.0, which helps developers without parallel development experience create multithreaded apps, also backs new JVM languages
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Apple releases iAd producer, takes aim at Adobe Flash

Posted December 21, 2010 - 1:37 pm

Apple's clash with Adobe over Flash is far from over. Apple released iAd Producer, a tool for online advertisers to create content for Apple's iAd platform, helping the company to establish HTML5 as a viable alternative to Adobe Flash technology on mobile devices.
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Microsoft details Silverlight upgrade plans

Posted December 2, 2010 - 2:52 pm

64-bit capability is among the new features to be added in Silverlight 5, which will focus on business application usage
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RIM shows off Web-based BlackBerry development platform

Posted September 28, 2010 - 9:22 am

At DevCon 2010, the company also rolls out middleware and social networking capabilities for developers
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The best open source application development software: 2010

Posted September 15, 2010 - 7:00 am

InfoWorld's Test Center picks the top open source development tools of 2010
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Preview: Visual Studio LightSwitch beta casts shadow of a doubt

Posted August 24, 2010 - 7:27 am

Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch 2010 beta 1 shows promise as an easy-to-use development tool, but doesn't seem to know its audience
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Appcelerator releases Titanium cross-platform app dev technology

Posted March 8, 2010 - 1:10 pm

Titanium lets developers build native apps for both desktop and mobile devices using Web techniques.
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Mylyn task-focused interface for Eclipse is upgraded

Posted October 26, 2009 - 7:28 pm

C/C++ capabilities get added, and the integration tool also improved.
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Microsoft offers tools for secure app development

Posted September 16, 2009 - 12:34 pm

The tools help developers add security and privacy provisions into the development lifecycle, but their enterprise usefulness is unclear as they are only for C and C++.
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Developer Tools You Don't Use – And Why You Don't Use Them

Posted August 11, 2009 - 10:14 am

Developers regularly reject (or just don't think to use) entire categories of programming tools, even if they aim to improve application performance, security, or maintainability. For example, according to analyst firm Evans Data, 25% of North American developers never use a load and stress test tool and 22% never use data modeling tools. Here, programmers explain why they don't bother with these tools, with not-so-predictable results.
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MySpace helps developers tune site performance with new tool

Posted June 23, 2009 - 7:12 pm

MySpace will release as open source a tool it uses internally to track and tune the performance of its Web site, a move that will allow developers to benefit from the tool's capabilities and help extend and enhance its functionality.
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Adobe aligns software branding to shine light on Flash

Posted June 1, 2009 - 10:04 am

Adobe is aligning its Web design and developer tools, including a new one available for testing Monday, under its Flash brand to emphasize the heart of its strategy to give developers everything they need to build RIAs.
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Google's Wave consolidates core online features in one tool

Posted May 28, 2009 - 1:19 pm

The equivalent of a Swiss Army Knife for consumer online services, Wave is possibly one of the riskiest and most ambitious endeavors Google has embarked upon in years.
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Developers, analysts, have high expectations for Google I/O

Posted May 27, 2009 - 10:59 am

About 3,500 developers will attend Google I/O at San Francisco's Moscone Center on Wednesday and Thursday, where speakers from Google and other companies will participate in more than 80 sessions and 100 technical demos.
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Developers await Palm Pre SDK

Posted May 21, 2009 - 8:44 am

The much-anticipated Palm Pre smartphone is due out in June, but access to the SDK has been restricted, and Palm has not set a date for general availability.
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Curl apps easier to install in upgrade

Posted May 7, 2009 - 9:47 am

Curl plans to release on Thursday version 7 of Curl, the company's Java-like application development platform, featuring capabilities for building desktop applications akin to Adobe AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime).
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New Moonlight release available for testing

Posted May 6, 2009 - 10:02 am

A new version of the Moonlight open source technology that puts Silverlight on Linux is now available for developers to test.
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Cucumber is hot technology at developer event

Posted May 6, 2009 - 9:56 am

Cucumber, a tool for behavior-driven development, draws a crowd at the RailsConf 2009 conference.
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Micro Focus buys Borland Software for $75 million

Posted May 6, 2009 - 9:38 am

Micro Focus International has agreed to buy Borland Software, a developer of application lifecycle management tools, for $75 million, and in a separate deal has also agreed to buy Compuware's application testing and automated software quality business unit for $80 million in cash.
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MySpace expands pool of app testers for developers

Posted May 5, 2009 - 10:38 am

MySpace developers can now make their applications available for testing to anyone who is on their list of friends at the social-networking site.
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BlackBerry push API goes after consumers

Posted May 5, 2009 - 8:57 am

RIM is injecting the power of its popular BlackBerry push technology into the consumer arena by letting third-party developers write applications that tap into it.
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Microsoft tool measures JavaScript performance

Posted April 30, 2009 - 3:30 pm

Boosting visibility into Web client interactions, Microsoft released this week Visual Studio 2008 AJAX Profiling Extensions, a "power tool" for measuring performance of portions of Web applications executing JavaScript inside a browser.
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