Web app developers not only face the challenge of testing their code for initial release, they also must maintain apps so that they remain secure and continue performing at an

“Open-source” isn’t just for applications–it’s also for APIs. Companies are increasingly opening up enterprise software to third-party developers in an attempt to boost revenues. However, open APIs also carry the

Applications can fail for more reasons that just poorly written code. In fact, often failures result from human causes rather than technical causes. In this article, Curtis analyzes six common

PayPal sees an opportunity for developers. The company thinks third-party developers could make good money offering apps to consumers and merchants that relate to PayPal’s services, but that the company

DeveloperWorld calls Joe Stack’s fatal flight into a government building ” callous, selfish, and inexcusable,” but also points out that he has a legitimate point about tax laws that treat

In a blog post titled “Key Software Development Trends,” S. Somasegar, senior vice president of the Microsoft Developer Division, explained how Microsoft intends to respond to some recent development trends.

Last week, Apple began removing apps from the App Store that contain sexually explicit or suggestive content. So far, it has deleted 6,000 apps that had been previously approved, about

Despite signs that the economic downturn is ending, jobs continue to be scarce. But that’s not the case for developers who work on Drupal and other open-source software. Cnet reports

As part of Matt Biddulph’s new job with Nokia, he needed to recruit programmers for projects in Berlin. Unfortunately, the former CTO of Dopplr didn’t know the area well and

What are the most important considerations when building a Web app? Here are Fred Willson’s top ten characteristics of successful applications: Speed Instant Utility Voice Less is More Programmable Personal

Microsoft has stepped up its virtualization efforts with two new products. Released Monday, Microsoft’s App-V 4.6 updates the company’s application virtualization software with 64-bit support. Released the same day, the

AppDynamics 2.0 monitors the performance of Web 2.0 applications. Specifically, it keeps tabs on Java or .Net applications with a minimal hit to application performance. It provides real-time charts and

How do the various app stores compare? Here’s what Distimo found: Android has the highest percentage of free apps (57 percent), followed by Palm (32 percent) and Apple (25 percent).

A district court has ruled that open-source developer Robert Jacobson can collect monetary damages from Matthew Katzer in a case first filed in 2005. Jacobson created the Java Model Railroad

After clearing the final regulatory hurdles, the deal that will allow Microsoft’s Bing to power Yahoo searches seems all but sure to go through. Yahoo has posted some information about

Google is courting developers with a new “Qualified Developer” certification. In order to achieve the title, developers must rack up enough points in four different categories: application development, community participation,

Bump wants everyone to use their technology to transfer data from one smartphone to another. With that goal in mind, they’ve released an API and held a developer contest to

Officially, Microsoft won’t reveal its strategy for Windows Phone 7 developers until the Mix conference in March. Unofficially, it looks like Silverlight, XNA, and .Net will play key roles. A

In last month’s roadmap session, Oracle said that it planned to combine Sun HotSpot Java Virtual Machine with the JRockit JVM; now it has added some details to those plans

Since it’s inception last September, the CodePlex Foundation has accepted only Microsoft projects, including the Orchard Project and the ASP.Net Ajax Library. The Microsoft-back organization, which intends to bridge the