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Open-source projects intertwine for integration

Three open-source projects are teaming up to create an alternative to software-integration products from IBM and other heavyweights. Read more »

Open-source LAMP a beacon to developers

For years, the business-software development world has been split largely between Microsoft's .Net toolset and Java. Get ready for a third option. Read more »

Google 'guarantees' Android compatibility

As the Open Handset Alliance released the preliminary SDK for the mobile Linux platform, Google revealed that members have signed a 'non-fragmentation agreement' Read more »

ZNF brings MVC to PHP

The open source project provides PHP developers with a way to separate out logic from presentation using the Model 2 pattern. Read more »

Developers take Linux attacks to heart

A handful of recent online attacks on free and open-source software servers has open-source developers looking over their shoulders. Read more »

Microsoft learns to live with open source

Two years ago, software engineer Shaun Walker got an e-mail from a Microsoft product manager, suggesting ways to keep Walker's development project from foundering. Read more »

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A new aspect to programming?

Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) is an approach that has emerged out of object-oriented programming. Is it really an evolutionary methodology that has attracted plenty of hype, and is it something we've tried before? Read more »

Improve usability with friendly URLs

One of the many issues bandied about by Web developers is providing user-friendly URLs that are both friendly to the eyes and the fingers while typing. Read more »

Olympian server performance

Look out, Apache--the latest Zeus Web Server is fast. Larry Seltzer looks at benchmark scores for each and tells why you should consider switching. Read more »

Making an open source living, part 2

Steven Noels, a Belgian consultant and member of the Apache Software Foundation claims running a business based on open source software is possible. Read more »

Making an open source living, part 1

Running a business based on open source software is possible, as we found out when we interviewed Steven Noels, a Belgian consultant and member of the Apache Software Foundation. Read more »

50 significant moments from internet history

We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet. Read more »

RIFE with possibilities

Developing a web-based application is never a small undertaking. At the very best it's a lot of work just to develop the code that does whatever it is your application is supposed to do but before you even get to the point of writing your application's code, you have to decide what you going to write it in. Read more »

Introduction to the Cocoon Web-publishing framework

Looking for a technology that works in a structured format, is flexible enough to suit the needs of varied applications, and (most important) has a clear distinction among various tasks. Read more »

Set up Web-based e-mail quickly using SquirrelMail

A good alternative to a traditional client/server-based e-mail solution is to simply set up one that's Web-based. In this article, Jack Wallen shows how to configure Web-based e-mail quickly and easily using SquirrelMail. Read more »

The future looks PHPerfect

With versions on most Web platforms, a library of databases and Web/XML services, PHP may be the next-generation Web language for your network. Read more »

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