According to S. Somasegar, Vice President of Microsoft’s Developer Division, the upcoming release of Visual Studio 11 will feature several new language specific features. They include the following: For JavaScript:
While virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and platform as a service (PaaS) providers tout the benefits of their technologies, market research firm Forrester says that many enterprises aren’t buying into the
A new report from Piper Jaffray helps to explain why mobile development pros are more interested in building apps for iOS than for Android. Apps sold through Apple’s App Store
Evans Data has released the results of a new survey ranking the various platform as a service cloud development platforms. VMware’s Cloud Foundry received the best scores, although IBM and
Two recently released reports point out a contradiction in the mobile development industry. On the one hand, a Gartner report shows that users overwhelming favor the Android platform, which now
Adobe has announced that it would like to donate its Flex code base to the Apache Software Foundation. Flex is Adobe’s SDK for building enterprise Web applications using Flash technology,
Box has launched a new program for developers called the Box Innovation Network. The company hopes the program encourage third-party enterprise application development for its cloud computing platform. In addition
Intel Capital has created a new $100 million fund that will invest in developers creating apps for the Intel AppUp Center. The Intel AppUp Center is Intel’s app store, which
One common agile software development technique — pair programming — requires two developers to sit together at one workstation. Usually, the two developers sit next to each other, side-by-side, so