Tools & Methods

JavaOne conference may get a rival

Even before the first Oracle-driven JavaOne conference has seen the light of day, an alternative Java conference is being planned for those not thrilled with Oracle.
Paul Krill, August 2010

VMware finds 'killer app' in Salesforce.com add ons
The VMforce cloud platform in development by EMC VMware and Salesforce.com will be most useful for customers with existing Salesforce deployments, but can technically be used to build any Java application, a VMware official says.
Jon Brodkin , August 2010

InfoWorld review: Free Java application performance monitors
The code is polished, the site map is frozen, and the UI is dripping with gorgeous colors. Everything is perfect -- aside from worrisome reports that some beta testers are finding that buttons are slow or even completely unresponsive. The AJAX calls that seemed so snappy in the lab were working well -- except for those inexplicable moments when they aren't. And those moments can't be duplicated.
Peter Wayner, July 2010

Mirah brings Ruby niceties to Java
A key Java platform developer is moving forward with an experimental programming language dubbed Mirah, which attempts to meld the niceties of Ruby with the heavy-duty performance of Java.
Paul Krill, July 2010

ThoughtWorks Studios Go helps automate agile development
ThoughtWorks Studios is releasing on Tuesday Go, for automating the entire build, test, and deployment process in agile software development projects.
Paul Krill, July 2010

Top five scripting languages on the JVM
Anyone who has followed software development tools during the last decade knows that the term "Java" refers to a pair of technologies: the Java programming language and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The Java language is compiled into bytecodes that run on the JVM. Through this design, Java delivers its vaunted portability.
Andrew Binstock, July 2010

Java and security skills offer IT job security
For those who wondered whether Java had a future now that it's under the Oracle umbrella, fret no more. A recent survey by job-hunting site Dice.com found that the people who are hiring IT pros put Java/J2EE at the very top of their hiring criteria.
Lisa Schmeiser, July 2010

CollabNet unites scrum project management with agile ALM
Linking agile application lifecycle and project management disciplines, CollabNet is releasing on Thursday ScrumWorks Pro 4.4, a project and program management product that is integrated with the company's TeamForge ALM platform.
Paul Krill, July 2010

Hadoop gets closer to being enterprise-ready
Hadoop, the open source distributed computing platform for handling large volumes of data, is making its way toward enterprise-readiness but still needs capabilities for SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) compliance, a Yahoo official said Tuesday at the Hadoop Summit 2010 conference.
Paul Krill, June 2010

Apache upgrades Tomcat Web server
Apache Tomcat 7.0, the latest version of the popular open source Java Web server, is available Tuesday from the Apache Software Foundation.
Paul Krill, June 2010

Eclipse Helios technologies arrive on the release train
This year's train is the largest ever, featuring a Linux IDE package and improved support for JavaScript and Java Enterprise Edition 6
Paul Krill, June 2010

Surprising findings in developers' open source usage
Results from the 2010 Eclipse User Survey reveal interesting trends surrounding open source usage and opinions. Although it would be a stretch to say that these results from the 1696 respondents represent the overall market, they do provide an interesting picture of development decisions being made by companies that are oriented to open source adoption.
Savio Rodrigues, June 2010

JavaScript library lets iPad read Flash ads
A mobile advertising company has written a JavaScript library that makes Flash advertisements viewable on devices such as the iPad, working aroundApple's opposition to Adobe Systems' multimedia platform.
Jeremy Kirk, June 2010

Enterprise Java developers get Force.com cloud access
Developers will be able to run enterprise Java applications on the Salesforce.com cloud platform through an initiative being announced on Tuesday.
Paul Krill, May 2010

Engine Yard offering support services for JRuby
Cloud platform vendor Engine Yard is offering professional support for JRuby, which is a version of the Ruby programming language running on the Java Virtual Machine.
Paul Krill, April 2010

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