The evolution of IDEs is not keeping pace with hardware advances and significant trends like cloud computing, according to two unlikely bedfellows: the lead developers for IBM's Eclipse tools team and Microsoft's Visual Studio organization.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/30/2009
Numerous software suppliers last week took the wraps off new Eclipse-based tools, and a few were brought to cloud-based services.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/30/2009
Microsoft's attempts to plug in to cross-platform got more convincing last week when development on the Macintosh became a reality with Silverlight 3.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 03/27/2009
To fully exploit User Controls, you need to treat them as object -- which includes having them fire events. If firing your own events is new to you, here's a step-by-step guide.
Red Hat Software has released the first major update to its Eclipse-based developer toolset.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/23/2009
Sopera, creators of the Swordfish SOA runtime framework, this week plans to announce that Swordfish has officially become part of the Eclipse platform
- By John K. Waters
- 03/23/2009
The future of the Eclipse platform will take center stage this week as open source and Java developers gather for the sixth annual EclipseCon 2009 conference in Santa Clara, Calif. where organizers will reveal the progress of Eclipse 4.0 and the Jetty Project.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/23/2009
Developing and managing Web sites may have gotten a little easier with new tools announced by Microsoft this week as part of its MIX09 Web developer conference.
- By Herb Torrens
- 03/20/2009
Microsoft described three Windows Azure improvements designed to assist developers using its cloud-based operating system.
In his keynote at MIX09, Microsoft's Scott Guthrie pointed to many new features for data-oriented applications in Silverlight 3.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/19/2009
ASP.NET developers don't fully exploit User Controls -- until they start thinking of them as "User Interface" objects.
Microsoft today released the beta of its Silverlight 3 rich interactive media runtime and development environment.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/18/2009
Microsoft on Tuesday announced the release of its latest e-commerce server, which integrates with SharePoint services.
- By Herb Torrens
- 03/18/2009
In a bid to entice application providers to build and distribute their wares on the recently announced Windows Marketplace for Mobile, Microsoft today revealed plans to offer tooling and guidance on its developer portal.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/11/2009
All you need to let your users customize their Web pages is the ability to create UserControls.