Google has open sourced a project called “Contracts for Java” or “Cofoja” that is dedicated to building a new set of extensions for Java. The features would serve dual purposes
From what I have seen, the following four attributes are key to highly productive Agile software development teams: A desire for continuous learning Highly evolved engineering practices Clearly understood practices
As in-app purchases have become a more popular way for developers to monetize their apps, it’s become more common for children to make those purchases. A loophole that provides a
Ten years ago this week, the Agile Manifesto was signed at the Snowbird Retreat in Utah. Agile development techniques spread quickly, and soon the whole developer community was talking about
IT staffing and consulting firm Bluewolf has released a new report which says that most developer salaries are likely to rise in 2011, particularly those with mobile app experience. In
As software engineers, we are often faced with difficult and abstract challenges. At times we can get quite carried away with solving our engineering problems and lose all track of
Entry-level rapid application development (RAD) tools have a deserved reputation for being low-grade, or robust and expensive, or free and missing key ingredients. At the same time, there is a
Many companies have been looking at cloud-based services for their application testing needs. Now vendor Patni has taken that to the next level with a testing-as-a-service (TaaS) solution that provides
Microsoft and SAP have previously tried to integrate their enterprise software through Duet, but that solution required so many architecture changes that many developers found it too difficult to use.
Red Gate Software has announced that it will begin charging a $35 fee for a perpetual license for its.NET Reflector software. Formerly available for free, .NET reflector is a very
Experienced Java or smartphone developers probably won’t have any problem mastering Google’s new tablet OS, Android 3.0 “Honeycomb.” “If you’re a Java developer, it’s going to take you three to
According to Jurgen Appelo, author of Management 3.0: Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders, many agile initiatives don’t succeed due to a lack of effective management. He offers a number
In the first of many articles to come, I would like to cover the Amazon Cloud Services.? This is just to set the basis for future articles and set our
Managing storage for you computers over time can become cumbersome. With hard drives now at 2 TB and beyond, we are storing more and more data on our computers. Keeping
Hadoop has put large scale data processing within the reach of more companies, but it still requires a fairly knowledgeable technical staff in order to make it work. However, EMC’s
A startup called “Git Hacking” won the Philly Startup Weekend competition with a plan to add social networking to GitHub. With 1.6 million repositories and over 560,000 users, GitHub is
Google has released a preview of the SDK for Android 3.0, codenamed “Honeycomb.” The tablet-specific version of the OS has a completely different interface from the smartphone version of Android.
“People familiar with the matter” tell the Wall Street Journal that Google is planning to hire dozens of mobile app developers, product managers, user-interface experts and others with ideas for
Although Microsoft includes plenty of good tools in its Microsoft Azure SDK, it leaves some holes. These additional tools for Azure, compiled by CodeGuru, fill some common application development needs
At the 2011 Turing Lecture at London’s Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Stanford professor Donald Knuth called for “literate programming” as a way to improve software quality. “Programs should
Whoever claimed that business software costs a bundle never heard of the free iPad app.Indeed, the iPad is showing that you don’t need a speedy notebook full of programs to
According to analysts at Juniper Research, mobile apps that make use of augmented reality (AR) technology will bring in $1.5 billion by 2015. Although the technology is still very young,
The rise of agile development methodologies combined with the relentless pressure for shortened innovation cycles and time to market has given rise to the DevOps movement. The growing focus on
On January 15, the New York Times ran a story headlined, “Israeli Test on Worm Called Crucial in Iran Nuclear Delay.” The story said: “Though American and Israeli officials refuse
Developers from Debian, Fedora, Red Hat, Mageia, Mandriva, openSUSE, and Ubuntu met in Germany January 19-21 to discuss the development of a universal Linux app store. Such an app store
Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer says the company is “all in” for the cloud, but moving its Dynamics ERP solution to the cloud could prove challenging for several reasons: [login] Dynamics current
For all software development teams, defects can cause a challenge on when and how to handle them.? In agile, with a focus on quality code, and user stories, sometimes team
Surveys by Forrester and others show that enterprises generally prefer infrastructure as a service (IaaS) to platform as a service (PaaS). That’s because although PaaS makes it easier for developers
Application development tool vendor Gizmox has unveiled a new solution called Instant CloudMove that makes it easier for developers to re-purpose their desktop applications. It transforms .NET client/server applications into
At a question-and-answer session during the Inside Social Apps conference, Google’s Android platform manager Eric Chu told app developers that the company is “not happy” with the current App Market