NEWS & VIEWS

First look: Android Studio eclipses Eclipse
05/22/2013 -  Android mobile developers have reason to celebrate with Google's new Android development environment, which pairs rich layout and build capabilities with IntelliJ IDEA's famous ease.
Peter Wayner, InfoWorld

Atlassian gives Jira bug tracker a new UI and a speed boost
05/21/2013 -  Jira 6 comes with a new UI, performance improvements, and the first interface designed specifically for mobile clients.
Joab Jackson, IDG News Service

Google woos developers as software becomes more important
05/17/2013 -  As hardware and design becomes less of a differentiator for smartphones and tablets, Google shifts focus to better app tooling for Android.
Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Service

Google positions Gradle as the build system of choice for Android
05/17/2013 -  Friday's Google I/O presentation on the Android SDK build system featured the new Gradle plug-in, which Google now prefers to Ant.
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

Google CEO talks interoperability and his company's relationship with Oracle
05/16/2013 -  In a Google I/O Q&A session, Google CEO Larry Page noted that strained corporate relationships have slowed web advancement and stymied Google product interoperability. Still, "Opportunities in computing abound," he said.
Paul Krill , InfoWorld

$200K for a computer science degree? Or these free online classes?
05/16/2013 -  If you do the work, you can get a computer science education online rivaling that of the Ivy League. Here's a nice little curriculum for you.
Andrew C. Oliver, InfoWorld

Android tooling? Yes. New Android OS? No
05/15/2013 -  Developers hungry for Key Lime Pie 5.0 might have left Google I/O hungry but Android Studio, based on JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA for Java (Community Edition), received a warm welcome.
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

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