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
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
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 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
Microsoft buys bridge between Java and .Net developers
Microsoft announced this month plans to acquire technology that has enabled Microsoft's TFS (Team Foundation Server) software
to be an ALM (application lifecycle management) server for different software development platforms. The company will purchase
Teamprise-related assets from SourceGear. Teamprise software lets Java developers using Eclipse-based IDEs or developers leveraging
operating systems including Unix, Linux, and Mac OS X build applications via Visual Studio TFS.
Paul Krill,
November 2009
Palm's Ares WebOS tool allows for easy app dev
Palm will introduce a Web-based development environment for WebOS applications, called Ares, by the end of this year.
Stephen Lawson,
November 2009
Genuitec readies Eclipse IDE update
Genuitec has rolled out a milestone release of its MyEclipse 8.0 Java IDE based on the Eclipse 3.5 open source tools platform
and featuring a Java profiler and anti-bloat capabilities.
Paul Krill,
October 2009
Ajax: Tools of the trade
Ajax has effectively launched a new era in JavaScript development, bringing with it a plethora of robust tools for the JavaScript
programmer. Take a quick tour of the tools you could be using for JS development, debugging, testing, and more. You'll never
code JavaScript in just a text editor again.
Nathaniel T. Schutta,
May 2009
JetBrains readies Rails IDE
JetBrains, maker of the popular IntelliJ IDEA Java IDE, now is shipping an IDE for the Ruby world. InfoWorld's Paul Krill
reports.
Paul Krill,
April 2009
Embarcadero offers on-demand tools access
Embarcadero All-Access is a new license program targeting IT shops doing more with less. The program swaps tool suites for
one-stop access to database and development tools for multiple platforms.
Paul Krill,
February 2009
Client-side Java's evolutionary leap
Need perspective on the rapid evolution of client-side Java? Get it here, as Jeff Friesen invites leading lights in the Java
community to share thoughts, and some scoops, on recent developments and what's next for client-side Java development. Topics
include JavaFX, Swing, NetBeans 6.5, OpenJDK, and the Da Vinci Machine.
Jeff Friesen,
January 2009
Year in Review: Java development in 2009
Defying expectations of popular decline, the Java ecosystem keeps evolving in new and exciting directions. In this conclusion
to JavaWorld's year-end series, Andrew Glover looks ahead to what we can expect from Java technology and the Java industry
in 2009.
Andrew Glover,
January 2009
Open source Java projects: NetBeans plugins
NetBeans plugins let you do all kinds of things you can't do with NetBeans alone, and they're open source. Jeff Friesen introduces
five useful plugins, then gets you started with creating your own plugins for NetBeans 6.5.
Jeff Friesen,
December 2008