EvansData has released the results of a new survey which found that 56 percent of enterprise developers currently used NoSQL, and 63 percent plan to do so in the next
Microsoft has released a community technology preview (CTP) of the Windows Azure Plugin for Eclipse with Java. The tool makes it easier for Eclipse users to package their Java applications
Just when you thought you had mastered the alphabet soup of cloud services, along comes DaaS (development-as-a-service). Al Hilwa, program director for IDC’s Application Development Software research, explained how DaaS
One point of distinction between Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android has been that Android supports Adobe’s Flash technology, while iOS doesn’t. However, Google may be backing away from its support
Which country produces better programmers — India or the U.S.? To find out, GILD compares the results of game-like skills tests completed by more than half a million developers. Here’s
The YGN Ethical Hacker Group has issued a public warning about vulnerabilities in the Apple Developer Site which could simplify phishing attacks. The group says that they warned Apple of
Intel’s Peter Biddle said that the company plans to add support for subscription based pricing to its AppUp store. The AppUp store currently has more than 3,000 apps for netbooks
Apple is pushing out build 9a5248d of iOS 5 to its developers. The second iOS 5 beta adds several new features, notably Wi-Fi syncing. The new feature will allow iPhone
The Google Analytics SDK is an SDK that you can use with your existing Android applications. The Google Analytics SDK project is hosted at the Google Code site. It’s an
The Windows Phone marketplace carries only about 18,000 apps, compared to the App Store’s 500,000. In an effort to even out those numbers a little more, Microsoft is offering special
HP has made two new announcements related to its webOS developer community. First, the company is launching Pivot, a monthly magazine that will showcase apps for the TouchPad tablet. “Pivot
Every June, the Eclipse Foundation releases a new set (or “train”) of projects related to the open source Eclipse IDE. This year’s train, named “Indigo,” includes 62 different projects with
Microsoft’s upcoming “Mango” update for Windows Phone 7 re-thinks the relationship between apps and the platform in two fundamental ways. First, the platform itself does many of the things that
HP has released Vertica Analytic Database 5.0, the latest version of its flagship parallel columnar database. While the update has many new features, the new SDK that accompanies the database
Development and test teams are crunched for time just as much as they are crunched for resources. According to a recent survey, ‘developing applications faster’ is a top application delivery
There is widespread interest in cloud computing among CTOs, architects and IT professionals, but the vast majority of IT pros deploy cloud computing solutions on dedicated resources instead of the
According to Dice.com, demand for developers with cloud experience soared up 221 percent last year. And surveys from Gartner and the Eclipse Foundation also indicate a surge in demand for
After dissecting the Windows 8 Milestone 3 (M3) build that recently leaked to the Web, WindowsNow.com blogger Robert McLaws reported that it includes a Hyper V 3.0 hypervisor. “Apparently it’s
Microsoft has released a free beta version of an SDK that allows developers to create apps for its Kinect motion-sensing controller. The controller broke sales records when it debuted as
Unnamed sources tell TechCrunch that Facebook is working on a mobile platform aimed at breaking Apple’s stranglehold on app distribution for the iPhone and iPad. “Project Spartan” would support HTML5-based
There are several definitions of enterprise architecture (EA) maturity. Many — if not most — are modeled on the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI). Perhaps because the precise definition of
Application development tool vendor Parasoft has announced the release of a new testing platform called Virtualize. Enterprise development teams often face difficulties when testing new applications that rely on data
At AMD’s Fusion Developer Summit, Microsoft principal native-languages architect Herb Sutter unveiled a new tool to help C++ developers build massively parallel applications. C++ Accelerated Massive Parallelism (AMP) will appear
Developers creating apps for mobile platforms have a choice — they can create native apps for each platform using the tools provided by Apple, Google, RIM, and Microsoft, or they
Developers who create applications for multiple platforms now have a new tool. Appcelerator has released Titanium Studio, an IDE which enables the creation of native iOS, BlackBerry and Android apps,
Several vendors are now offering tools that allow enterprises to create their own private apps stores, and they’re reporting increased interest in those tools. Sean Ginevan of MobileIron says, “One
Last week, Microsoft gave a public preview of Windows 8. While many observers gave the new interface positive interface, developers overwhelmingly expressed alarm. That’s because as Ars Technica writes, “they
During Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), Piper Jaffray conducted a small survey of iOS developers. They found that 46 percent of iOS developers have also written Android apps, and 36
Coding productivity among Java developers is still pretty dismal ? that?s the key finding of The Java EE Productivity Report 2011 released recently by ZeroTurnaround. The survey found that Java
Approximately nine months ago I wrote an article outlining something I considered to be “Ultra Lean Software Development” and give it a real world test on a new hiking start-up