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Sencha Architect: Visual HTML5, sort of

Posted May 17, 2012 - 2:29 pm

Sencha's drag-and-drop tool for building Web and mobile apps is friendly to designers if they're also developers
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Review: Yahoo Mojito gives server-side JavaScript a lift

Posted April 11, 2012 - 6:07 am

Yahoo's open source framework combines YUI on the client, Node.js on the server, and excellent use of MVC design pattern
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First look: Visual Studio 11 beta leaner, meaner for Metro

Posted April 4, 2012 - 9:51 am

Metro-style development support and monochrome obsession are featured in Microsoft's all-encompassing Windows development tool
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Review: 2 PHP tools rise above the rest

Posted March 24, 2012 - 7:37 am

You'll find no shortage of heavyweight PHP IDEs, but few are uncluttered, focused, and smooth
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Node.js tools: Server-side JavaScript comes of age

Posted February 22, 2012 - 7:16 am

Node-inspired development environments and cloud platforms are rapidly remaking the Web application stack
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Text editor EmEditor Professional worth a look

Posted February 18, 2012 - 8:43 am

EmEditor Professional ($40, 30-day free trial) is a powerful text editing program with many features that can make it useful to programmers, Web designers, system administrators, and anyone else who regularly works with unformatted text.
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Komodo Edit: Feature-packed free programmers' editor

Posted February 6, 2012 - 3:59 pm

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.
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First look: Zend's PHP developer cloud

Posted January 11, 2012 - 2:34 pm

Zend Developer Cloud woos PHP developers with enterprise-grade development features, snapshots for easy recovery and project sharing, and promises of single-click cloud deployment
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Macro Scheduler's scripting more powerful than the name implies

Posted January 11, 2012 - 8:55 am

Macro Scheduler 13 ($95, 30-day free trial) is a powerful tool for automating complex processes under Windows.
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Three HTML5 animation tools: Adobe Edge, Sencha Animator, Tumult Hype

Posted January 9, 2012 - 11:28 am

Web interaction via HTML5 can be promising but difficult to learn. These three applications can make a developer's job simpler.
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Geek alert: jEdit is a fine text editor for coders who have RAM to spare

Posted December 6, 2011 - 8:53 am

Text editing is a task that just about every technical computer user must face routinely. Whether you're a coder, a Web developer, a system administrator or just about any other kind of techie, chances are you will find yourself editing a piece of code, a page of markup or a configuration file sometime today. If you're not perfectly content with your current text editor, jEdit is an alternative that might be worth considering.
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Review: Heroku cloud application platform

Posted November 30, 2011 - 3:17 pm

Heroku pairs rapid application deployment with a wealth of developer tools, but is light on manageability
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Review: Engine Yard Cloud

Posted November 30, 2011 - 3:07 pm

Engine Yard offers fine-grained control over all aspects of the environment, at the cost of speed and ease
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Ruby clouds: Engine Yard vs. Heroku

Posted November 30, 2011 - 7:10 am

Engine Yard provides the most extensive control over the application environment, while Heroku makes life easier for developers
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First look: Google Dart vs. JavaScript

Posted November 26, 2011 - 9:00 am

Dart fixes a number of problems with Web programming, but introduces new problems of its own
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Cloud9 IDE Looks Polished, Feels Unfinished

Posted November 13, 2011 - 9:11 am

JavaScript is one of the most common scripting languages in the world. In fact, you're almost certainly using it right now, even if you're unaware of the fact. Every modern desktop and mobile Web browser supports JavaScript, and it's used in just about every current website. Cloud9 IDE is a Web-based development environment aimed at making it easier to develop JavaScript-based Web applications. It lives in the cloud, so you need only a Web browser to use it.
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Site builders: Drupal vs. Joomla vs. WordPress

Posted September 14, 2011 - 2:01 pm

Building a website has never been easier. Gone -- mostly -- are the days of having to hand-code HTML and PHP scripts in order to get a slick, fully functional website, thanks to the capabilities of content management systems that do most or all of the heavy lifting for site creators.
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First look: Adobe Edge makes HTML5 dance

Posted August 17, 2011 - 6:11 am

Adobe's JavaScript-based animation tool is rough around the edges, but shows incredible promise
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Pillars of Python: Django Web framework

Posted August 10, 2011 - 10:12 am

Django combines excellent backward compatibility, good admin tools, and a focus on developer ease
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Pillars of Python: Pyramid Web framework

Posted August 10, 2011 - 10:10 am

Built on the foundation of repoze.bfg, Pyramid is powerfully flexible but takes time to figure out
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Pillars of Python: Web2py Web framework

Posted August 10, 2011 - 10:08 am

Web2py combines abundant features and powerful tools, backed by excellent documentation
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Pillars of Python: Zope 2 Web framework

Posted August 10, 2011 - 10:03 am

Zope 2 provides everything you need in one package, including the database and development environment
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Pillars of Python: Web.py Web framework

Posted August 10, 2011 - 9:58 am

Web.py is a well-balanced, minimalist framework that's easy to install and easy to learn
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Pillars of Python: CubicWeb Web framework

Posted August 10, 2011 - 9:56 am

CubicWeb tackles rapid Web app development with modular components and object reuse
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Pillars of Python: Six Python Web frameworks compared

Posted August 10, 2011 - 9:38 am

CubicWeb, Django, Pyramid, Web.py, Web2py, and Zope 2 give Python-savvy Web application developers powerful and diverse options
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