Tools & Methods

AccuRev offers agile ALM suite

AccuRev on Tuesday introduced a suite of tools offering application lifecycle management for development teams using agile methodologies, featuring software from AccuRev, Rally Software, and Urbancode.
Paul Krill, January 2010

Android apps for developers and IT pros
Programmers, tech support jockeys, system admins, and just about everyone else in the IT world -- they're just like the rest of us. They can prattle on about whether the Google Nexus One is a wonderful new phone or just a knockoff of the great iPhone. There are dozens of little enhancements, like a 5-megapixel camera with a real lens, that suggest Google and HTC collaborated to build something wonderful. There are also dozens of quirks that might lead a discerning UI expert to the conclusion that Apple did it first and continues to build a better device.
Peter Wayner, January 2010

Red Hat execs comment on Oracle's Java opportunity
While many will be following Apple's every move on Wednesday, those of us in the Java community will tune in that morning to Oracle's plans for Sun products, including Java. Ahead of Oracle's road map presentation, Red Hat's CEO Jim Whitehurst kicked off his third year at Red Hat with a State of the Union address. In his post, Jim discussed Red Hat's efforts within the Java community:
Savio Rodrigues, January 2010

Are you a professional coder or a professional baby?
Today I’d like to talk about being a professional coder vs. being a professional baby. This is something I’ve seen since I started in IT many years ago. Here’s a scenario: A developer writes a piece of code to hit the database a certain way. When asked why, he answers, “To keep the DBAs off my back.”
Sean McCown, January 2010

Genuitec introduces MyEclipse IDE for the Spring Framework
Genuitec will introduce on Tuesday a version of its MyEclipse IDE for use with the popular open source Spring Framework for Java development, sans the backing of the major developer of the framework itself, SpringSource.
Paul Krill, January 2010

New version of Groovy cozies up to Java, SQL
A new version of the Groovy programming language aims to make life easier for programmers who work with Java and SQL, the language's developers note.
Joab Jackson, January 2010

Latest Grails framework is set for the JVM
SpringSource, which is now a division of VMware, released on Wednesday the 1.2 version of the Grails dynamic language framework for the Java Virtual Machine.
Paul Kill, December 2009

JetBrains and Electric Cloud offer new build tools
JetBrains and Electric Cloud have announced new build tools that are free for some users.
Martin Heller, December 2009

JetBrains ships IntelliJ Idea Java IDE upgrade
JetBrains is shipping version 9 of its IntelliJ Idea IDE for Java, this time offering both commercial and open source versions.
Paul Krill, December 2009

Sun to shed light on latest Java technologies
Sun Microsystems, which has been pretty much silent in recent months while awaiting its merger with Oracle, will open up on Thursday about the latest developments in its Java technologies.
Paul Krill, December 2009

JetBrains upgrades TeamCity with cloud capabilities
With an upgrade to its TeamCity distributed build management and continuous integration tool, JetBrains is highlighting integration with the Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) platform to accommodate variable loads depending on activity levels.
Paul Krill, December 2009

Google boosts Chrome dev tools
Google on Monday detailed recent improvements to its Google Chrome developer tools, which include the addition of a heap profiler for JavaScript and a timeline tab offering overviews of where time is spent when loading a Web application.
Paul Krill, November 2009

Ruby shining on Java, Windows, and Mac OS
Ruby, the popular open source dynamic language, is making headway not only on Java but also on the Windows and Mac platforms.
Paul Krill, November 2009

JetBrains upgrades Ruby IDE
JetBrains this week unveiled an upgrade to its IDE for developing Ruby and Ruby on Rails applications, adding more code refactoring capabilities.
Paul Krill, November 2009

Java, BlackBerry get critical security fixes
Sun Microsystems and Research In Motion have issued critical bug fixes for security issues with their products.
Robert McMillan , November 2009

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