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Red Hat warns of cloud 'lock-in'
News Vendors such as Microsoft are attempting to take customers 'back to the '80s' by locking them into proprietary cloud services, according to open source vendor Red Hat.
Tags: Cloud computing, Open source, Red Hat Inc., Sister Site, SDK, VMware Inc., Cloud computing, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux, PHP
Apple gets higher profile in HTML standardization
News Group standardizing the fast-changing language of Web pages now has three leaders, and an Apple manager occupies the new seat.
Tags: Web sites, Web services, Apple Inc., Web Browser, Browser Company, Tim Berners-Lee, W3C, Web Application, co-chair, Web
BlackBerry dev tools target Eclipse, Visual Studio
News Research In Motion has released updated tools for developers who want to build BlackBerry Web applications within the Eclipse and Visual Studio environments.
Tags: Mobile platforms, Mobile applications, Smart phones, RIM BlackBerry, Smart Phone, Plug-in, Tool, Eclipse, Web Application, Environment
Never use dynamic variable names
Techguide How to dynamically name variables is a common subject of programming questions. That's a great way to create security problems, though.
Tags: Security Management, Protocols and platforms, Array, Ruby, Expression, Variable, Security, Microsoft Corp., CompTIA, SQL
Making the case for dynamic languages
Techguide Justin James presents reasons why developers should consider using dynamic languages. He also discusses how these languages trip up some developers.
Tags: Programming languages, Software engineering/development, Ruby, Language, C, Developer, C#, C++, Justin James, API
Code concepts: C#'s extension methods
Techguide A helpful addition to a programmer's toolkit, C#'s extension methods are a way of adding additional functionality to an existing class without subclassing it or having access to the source code.
Tags: Protocols and platforms, Business applications, Ruby, Method, regular expression, C#, Justin James, Microsoft Developer Network, Python, Microsoft Word
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
Are language minutiae necessary?
Techguide Why clog a programming language spec with minutiae that don't offer any technical benefits? On the other hand, is an "anti-minutiae revolution" really necessary?
Tags: Programming languages, Ruby, Language, C, Justin James, Programming, network management, programming language, theory, Perl
Safest way to sanitize input
Techguide Sanitizing user input is a critical part of secure software development, but software can be made more secure by avoiding having to sanitize input altogether.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Data security, Security Management, Ruby, E-mail Address, Web Browser, JIT, Server, e-Mail Message, e-mail
Strategies for learning programming languages
Techguide Learning another programming language can help bring your development career to the next level. Justin James shares techniques that have and have not worked for him.
Tags: Protocols and platforms, Personal development, Ruby, Language, C, C#, Justin James, Programming, programming language, knowledge
Use cryptographic hashes for validation
Techguide You can use cryptographic hash functions to provide a little more security when exchanging files.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Security Management, Ruby, Security, C, Algorithm, SHA-1, Unix, Password, word-processor
Expanding text with Snippits
Techguide Find out the basics on Snippits, a Linux-based text-expanding tool similar to Typinator or TextExpander for Mac.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Ruby, Gem, Hotkey, GNOME, Tool, Apple Macintosh, Debian, Mandriva
Functional programming techniques can improve software security
Techguide A key concern in software security is avoiding security flaws in a program’s source code. Employing a functional programming style can help.
Tags: Programming languages, Security Management, Ruby, Functional Programming, Language, Security, C, object-oriented, Functional Programming Paradigm, C++
Code concepts: C#'s var keyword
Techguide Justin James explains in this overview, that var is used in variable declarations instead of a type, and also weighs differing opinions about what makes var useful.
Tags: Programming languages, Software engineering/development, Ruby, C#, Justin James, Microsoft Developer Network, Programming, blogging, Microsoft Visual Studio, PHP
Tibco aims to speed up cloud apps
News The Tibco Silver platform promises to reduce time taken to build cloud applications using features such as "self-aware elasticity".
Tags: Cloud computing, Business applications, Mobile applications, App servers, Operating systems, Ruby, business availability, Quocirca, VMware Inc., C++
