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Report: Developers Prefer OS X Over Linux

A new Evans Data survey finds that Mac OS X has become more popular as a development environment than Linux. According to the report, 7.9 percent of developers now use

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Scalability Rules

The co-founders of AKF Partners, Marty Abbott and Michael Fisher, have published a new book titled Scalability Rules. It offers advice for managers, architects, developers and operations personnel who face

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Agile Turns Software Architects into Business Analysts

According to consultant Benjamin Day, Agile development methodologies are changing the job of the software architect. Today’s software architect has to be a combination project manager, forward thinker and business

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Office May Become a Programming Platform

A recent Microsoft job posting suggests a possible new future for Office: Now is the time to take Office programmability to the next level. We’re a small but strong team

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App Developers Targeting Repeat Customers

In a recent IDC survey sponsored by Appcelerator, half of mobile developers said that most of their earnings come from app downloads. That’s a 9 percent decrease from the survey

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7 Top Scrum Tools

As developers and managers continue to debate the best way to implement Scrum application development techniques, these tools help teams do Scrum “your way.” Acunote — This SaaS tool “doesn’t