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Since 1998, DevX has helped people start businesses, build websites, and provide enterprise technology to people globally. Interviewing the likes of Microsoft’s co-founder, Steve Ballmer, the publication brings comprehensive, reliable, and accessible insights to the Internet.
Inheriting code from another project or another company is a mixed blessing for developers. Finished code that works is always a plus, but what about code that works and is
Internet.com — the online IT news and information network and a sister site of DevX.com – has unveiled a new education portal, Education.Internet.com. The idea is this: From a single
A recent article on Training.DevX.com argues that they certainly are. When it comes to salary figures, for example, the article sited a 2009 Project Management Institute survey that says project
It’s no secret that there are countless options when it comes to tech training. To help break things down, we launched an article on our new site, Training.DevX.com, which details
Google’s contacts API allows developers to access users’ Gmail contact lists and some other data. However, Google has recently changed its terms of service so that developers who use that
Analytics firm Distimo says that Apple’s App Store now officially has more than 300,000 apps. About 38,000 of those are for the iPad, and about 7 percent work on both
Microsoft researcher Don Syme has announced that a compiler and core library for the F# programming language are now available under an Apache license. Previously, the code was available, but
This article offers advice from a developer who’s already begun creating apps for Windows Phone 7. It covers migrating WP7 apps to and from other Windows platforms, how to avoid
When Apple first announced its new Mac App Store, it said it would begin accepting apps for review in November. Now it is making good on that promise. The company
Developer Interest in iPhone Decreases, Windows Phone 7 on the RiseA new report from Millennial Media ranks the top mobile application development platforms. According to the newest “State of the
In part I of this article, (Resource Sharing, Part I: An Architect’s Perspective) we focused on how the architect is affected by resource sharing and how resource sharing could actually
Google Code has launched a new tool designed to make it easier for developers to track their use of Google’s APIs. Google API Console aggregates information about which APIs a
Developers can now access the “golden master” version of iOS 4.2, and the upgrade will likely become available for users to download within a week or two. The new operating
We present the top ways to quickly make gains in search engine optimization. 1) Title Tag The title tag within the html head section is sometimes bypassed as a nuisance.
In keeping with the theme of focusing on good engineering practices, Continuous Integration is a practice that development managers, project managers and others in agile teams should insist their teams
Cloud computing is in the middle of a hot technology cycle, which means big technology companies wanting to build cloud platforms are still on the lookout for acquisitions. No one
Adobe, one of the best-known developer of document management products and services, is taking sharp aim at a relatively new market — customer experience management (CEM). The core concept behind
The reason Red Hat set up Fedora as a separate entity is that Red Hat was overwhelmed by tech support calls from people who had gotten free Red Hat CDs in
Security startups have become hot acquisition targets for bigger companies that are trying to protect themselves or their customers from an endless stream of cyberattacks, according to Bob Ackerman, the
A pair of researchers at Cornell University are developing a new programming language which requires coders to build secure applications. “Fabric” is a set of extensions for Java that build
Sprint is kicking off an initiative to help developers create multiple platform Web apps. The mobile carrier plans to use software from Openwave to build what it calls a Browser-VAS
A new report from online job board Dice finds that 57 percent of companies involved in developing mobile apps are planning to hire in the next 12 months. However, more
The success of a business or a project is very often dependent on whether it can sustain itself financially or not. Sometimes that is a matter of having sufficient revenue
In 1986, Susan Lammers interviewed 19 prominent programmers for her book Programmers at Work. This article revisits their early thoughts on the computing industry and catches up with five of
It was getting pretty hard to keep track of all the app stores out there, but someone finally put together a list. Although it still looks a little incomplete, it
Confirming rumors that the company was decreasing its support for the projects, Microsoft will officially hand off control of the IronRuby and IronPython programming languages to the open source community
A new report from IDC says that software as a service (SaaS) is on “a tear,” with expected compound annual growth rates of 26 percent through 2014. “Software will never
In this two-part series, we will focus on Resource Sharing: as it pertains to the software/system architect and as it pertains to the infrastructure provider. In other words: from both
At yesterday’s “Back to the Mac” event, Steve Jobs offered a sneak peak at the latest version of OS X, codenamed “Lion.” Among the OS’s new features is a Mac
Apple’s restrictions for its iOS App Store have been the subject of much discussion. So what will be allowed in the newly announced Mac App Store? Here are some highlights
