Python 2.7, the last iteration of the 2.x line of the dynamic language, is nearing the final release stage. The first release candidate became available earlier this month, and the
Despite Economic Conditions, Application Deployment Software Market Still Showed GainsResearchers at IDC say the middleware market grew 2.2 percent in 2009. According to the latest figures from market researcher IDC,
On Monday, Apple issued new policies for application development on the iPhone and iPad, which prevent apps from sending data to any third-party company that isn’t “an independent advertising service
At the TechEd conference, Microsoft announced that it is making it easier for developers to create Web apps in the cloud by adding .NET Framework 4 support. Azure also now
Recently, the Eclipse Foundation surveyed 1,696 open source developers about their operating systems, databases, languages, and source code management systems of choice. Among operating systems used for development, Windows still
Cloud computing vendor WSO2 has announced the availability of “Stratos,” a fully hosted application platform-as-a-service (PaaS) for building and deploying apps and services. The open source cloud service leverages Carbon,
AT&T’s new tiered pricing plan that charges customers for the amount of data they consume has application development pros worried that people will stop downloading bandwidth-intensive apps. Noam Bardin, chief
During the month of May, the PHP community attempted to mop up security flaws in the open-source language. Most of the 60 flaws uncovered would require local server access—in other
In the past, most companies vigorously defended their copyright protections on internally developed software. But new companies like Facebook and Twitter are turning that practice on its head as they