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The secret to creating 'pretty' code
Insight Perforce chief technology officer Christopher Seiwald maintains that software code should be more than simply functional.
Tags: Business applications, Protocols and platforms, Software Configuration Management, Configuration Management, software, IDE, core competency, asset, application development, chipset
Checker eases app programming flow
News Managing software development process allows one Singapore software vendor to diversify offerings and keep customers coming back, says founder.
Tags: Software engineering/development, IBM Corp., Programmer, Singapore, Software Update, development environment, Programming, IDE, Vertical industries, application development
Developers wary of cloud lock-in
News Software developers want a standards-based cloud, and for platforms to provide tools that will allow them to deploy apps to the cloud quickly.
Tags: Security, Google Inc., Open Source, Tool, Abiquo, Azure, Developer, Sun Microsystems Inc., Environment, PaaS
Hands-on with CodeGear's 3rdRail Ruby IDE
Techguide Justin James says that, if you're a Ruby or a Rails developer in need of an IDE, you'll definitely want to check out CodeGear's 3rdRail--despite its flaws. He says the product even inspired him to start learning Ruby.
Tags: Software, Ruby, Eclipse, CodeGear, 3rdRail 1.1, Ruby Ecosystem, Help File, Ruby on Rails, console, IDE
Adobe begins public testing of ColdFusion 9
News Beta versions of ColdFusion 9 and ColdFusion Builder have been released, promising better integration with Microsoft Office and Adobe's Flash platform.
Tags: Software, Adobe Systems Inc., Allaire ColdFusion, development environment, Software, Environment, Server, monitoring, IDE, Microsoft Office
Frustrated by a coworker's use of old-school methods?
Techguide What do you do when a veteran developer isn't open-minded about the benefits of modern programming techniques?
Tags: Authoring, Software engineering/development, Business applications, IBM Corp., Fear, Tool, object-oriented, Authoring, career, IDE
Employ refactoring to write better code
Techguide Discover Visual Studio add-ins that bring refactoring--the practice of making code cleaner and clearer without affecting the functionality--to the Visual Basic community.
Tags: Software, Microsoft Corp., Feature, Code, Developer, Extreme Programming, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, development environment, Visual Studio IDE, Refactoring
Adobe offers Flash Catalyst for testing
News Programmers can now get their hands on a beta for the new design and development tool, as well as Flash Builder, the IDE successor to Flex Builder.
Tags: Software, Development/design, Business applications, E-business, Adobe Systems Inc., Tool, Adobe PhotoShop, Cisco Catalyst, development environment, Software
Is the new Komodo 5 worth the upgrade?
Techguide The Komodo 5.0 toolset for developers is taken for a test drive to find out if its new features are compelling enough to make the software a must-have.
Tags: Linux, Security, Tool, ActiveState Tool Corp., TCL, CVS Corp., Mozilla Corp., Vincent Danen, Komodo 5, Komodo Edit
Hands on with Mono 2.2
Techguide If you are writing an application designed to work on many platforms, Mono is still an alternative but it may not be a simple matter of "recompile and deploy" in many cases.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Authoring, Microsoft Corp., C, system tray, C#, Authoring, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Visual Studio, Mono
Windows 7 beta: First impressions
News A new version of Microsoft's operating system, bringing back that nebulous "Windows XP feel", won't wow anyone but will satisfy them on a much deeper level.
Tags: Antivirus software, Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system, Intel Core 2 Duo, Beta, Environment, software
10 skills developers need in next five years
Techguide For those looking to get ahead in your field or simply stay employed, this is not the time to be complacent. Find out what skills to work on now to maximize your future job prospects.
Tags: Programming languages, Personal development, Recruiting, Functional Programming, Mobile, Web Service, Developer, Rich Internet Application, Justin James, Environment
Common ways IT wastes money on development
Techguide Examples include using developers as support staff and failing to calculate a project's ROI before giving it the go-ahead.
Tags: Protocols and platforms, IT project management, Outsourcing, Project, Money, Training, Chances, Developer, ROI, Justin James
Don't throw out a bad CD-ROM drive until you've tried these techniques
Insight Before you discard a CD-ROM drive that's gone bad, try these troubleshooting tips. You might just save your company a few dollars.
Debug PHP applications with Xdebug and Komodo
Techguide Learn to configure Xdebug and Komodo to work together and provide debugging for PHP applications on your server.
Tags: Linux, Open source
