.NET developers who use Microsoft’s Visual Studio IDE now have a new tool that can allow them to develop iOS apps. The 2.0 version of the Xamarin development platform includes
The advent of the era of cloud development has meant that many developers now use multiple cloud-based services in their day-to-day activities. And tracking all of those services in a
Amazon’s cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services (AWS), has launched a new application management tool called OpsWorks. Built from technology that Amazon acquired with the purchase of Berlin-based Peritor last
Despite the fact that Windows Phone and BlackBerry account for very small slices of the mobile market, a new survey reveals that mobile developers are still somewhat interested in both
According to Bart Copeland, CEO of ActiveState, cloud computing, specifically private and hybrid platform as a service (PaaS), is poised to shake up enterprise application development. He predicts six changes
On Thursday, developer James Somers blasted Heroku in a blog post, claiming that the platform as a service had made changes that slowed performance. Now Heroku has come clean, admitting
Rally Software, which specializes in agile software development tools, has announced that it has acquired Flowdock for an undisclosed sum. Flowdock makes social collaboration software that will complement Rally’s agile
Oracle’s Richard Bair has announced that the company plans to open source JavaFX ports for iOS and Android. In fact, part of the iOS code will be released next week.
In its “IT Industry Outlook 2013,” CompTIA forecasts that the IT industry will see job growth through 2020, with systems software developers experiencing the highest growth of all. In fact,