Bitbucket vs. GitHub: Which project host has the most?
Point-for-point, GitHub and Bitbucket both have much to offer as source code hosting services. Find out what differentiates these projects and get tips for choosing the right respository for your code.
Jonathan Freeman, September 2013

Review: Puppet Enterprise 3.0 pulls more strings
Version 3.0 of Puppet Labs' server configuration automation tool shines with speed boosts, orchestration improvements, and deeper support for Windows servers.
Paul Venezia, July 2013

The full Java life: What does a software architect really do all day?
Software architects have it easy, or so many coders and engineers believe. Find out what an architect's day-to-day working life really looks like in this <em>Full Java life</em> interview. Java programming veteren Bruce Brouwer discusses his approach to upgrading legacy Java web applications to a service-oriented front-end architecture, his rapidly evolving web UI toolkit, and why he generally prefers working with Java's constraints to opting for a less rigorous JVM language.
Matthew Heusser, June 2013

Why PaaS? Dev, test, staging, no waiting
Newer PaaS and cloud-ready NoSQL options are making PaaS a particularly cost effective option for dev, test, and staging, with room to grow on the production side.
Andrew C. Oliver, May 2013

First look: Android Studio eclipses Eclipse
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, May 2013

Google positions Gradle as the build system of choice for Android
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, May 2013

Software engineers spend lots of time not building software
Administrative tasks, brainstorming, and waiting for tests combine to overtake the hours spent designing and coding.
Paul Krill, April 2013

Apache Foundation promotes development framework Bloodhound
Open source tool for collaborating on software development is now an official top-level project, having graduated from the foundation's product incubator.
Jon Gold, April 2013

Open source plug-in speeds mobile app development
Cloudbees and Soasta have announced the Soasta CloudTest Plugin for Jenkins, which aims to connect the dots between mobile and Jenkins CI for easier testing and deployment to the cloud.
Paul Krill, April 2013

With Spock, application testing is only logical
Howard M. Lewis Ship, creator of the Tapestry web application framework, says that developers have lots of excuses for not testing their applications, but resistance is counterproductive -- especially when given a testing framework as sensible as Spock.
Paul Krill, April 2013

5 ways devops can help companies crank out better code faster
With the right tools and processes, as well as removal of cultural barriers, devops can deliver huge benefits to companies.
Ted Samson, March 2013

Make performance and scalability testing continuous ... or else
Bad developer habits die hard, but if you don't load test as you go, you're asking for a nasty surprise at the end of your project.
Andrew C. Oliver, February 2013

Why application development is better in the cloud
A recent survey found that cloud platforms reduce overall application development time by an average of 11.6 percent, but developers are finding that speed is just one advantage of programming in the cloud.
David Linthicum, January 2013

The full Java life: Interview with Jim Showalter, principal engineer at Intuit
JavaWorld talks with Intuit Principal Engineer Jim Showalter about the evolving Java technology stack at Intuit, why Java is his programming language of choice, and where he finds challenge and inspiration as a career programmer.
Matthew Heusser, January 2013

Qualcomm unveils Java-friendly 'Internet of everything' development platform
Platform leverages company's QSC6270-Turbo chip set to enable new generation of asset-tracking, build automation, and health care offerings.
Ted Samson, January 2013

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