Many enterprises face a challenge in finding developers who can work on the mission-critical applications that run on mainframes. Compuware’s Neil Richards notes, “Many of the people [in IT] don’t
Developers who use Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 now have access to some new capabilities. Microsoft has released an update for Productivity Power Tools for Visual Studio 2010, which features four
Versions of the Google Android mobile operating system are forward-compatible, but not backward-compatible. That means that an app developed for version 1.5 will work on version 2.2, but the opposite
ThoughtWorks Studios has announced the availability of a new software product called “Go.” The application helps companies using Agile development methodologies move their software into production as quickly as possible.
In 2009, smartphone users downloaded 2.6 billion apps. According to a new report from Juniper Research, that number will jump to 25 billion by 2015, in part due to the
IronPython and IronRuby are Microsoft’s versions of the Python and Ruby development languages, modified for the .NET environment. Officially, IronPython and IronRuby have been open source projects released under Microsoft
Although it’s possible for .NET developers to create applications that extend the capabilities of Microsoft’s Dynamics ERP solution, there are few Internet examples of how to do it. This article
Programmer Jeff Atwood says that the key for assembling a remote team of developers is to pick people who love to code and have amazing skills. He recommends three basic
Cloud computing vendor Rackspace is leading a new open-source project known as OpenStack, which will develop a cloud platform to compete with VMware’s vSphere and Microsoft’s Azure. NASA will also