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Python gets faster
The 'Need for Speed' coding sprint aimed to make various improvements in Python's execution speeds. Read more »
Flaws found in open source codes
A project funded by the US Department of Homeland Security has praised improvements in open source security, while outlining some common errors. Read more »
PHP, Python, Samba get security tick of approval
Perl, PHP, Python and Samba have been commended for improving security in a report analysing over 250 open-source projects. Read more »
Getting ready for the Python breakage
If Google starts behaving oddly later this year, it might not be due to too many YouTube videos of Britney Spears losing it or a stealth attack by Microsoft's minions, but because of a forthcoming change to the Python programming language. Read more »
Google open sources 'Protocol Buffers'
Google has open sourced an internal development tool called 'Protocol Buffers', a data description language that forms a basic part of the operation of the company's vast computing cluster. Read more »
Greenpeace goes open source in collaboration push
Greenpeace is developing an online collaboration platform to mobilise climate change, based entirely on open-source technologies. Read more »
Adobe tools put desktop apps in the browser
Adobe is preparing to open source development tools that will enable existing desktop and server software to run in Web browsers, according to reports. Read more »
Oracle gets Groovy with open-source project
Oracle said it will participate in Grails, an open-source project that seeks to make Java programmers more productive through a close tie-in to the Groovy scripting language. Read more »
Grassroots computing languages hit the big time
Once considered simple toys by serious programmers, scripting languages are becoming first-class citizens in the world of corporate software development. Read more »
'Free' is the new 'cheap' for software tools
James Gosling, a vice president and fellow at Sun Microsystems, once quipped that the average software developer spends more on cafe lattes than on tools. Read more »
Features (33)
The LAMP development toolkit
Need to dust up your Linux, Apache, PHP, Perl, Python, and MySQL (LAMP) software stack skills? Our LAMP development toolkit is just what you need. Read more »
Java on Google App Engine? Not yet
Reports out of a Google developer conference in India indicated that Google was primed to add support for Java programs running on its presently Python-only Google App Engine. Read more »
A Quick Start to Python
With the final release of Python 2.5 we thought it was about time Builder AU gave our readers an overview of the popular programming language. Builder AU's Nick Gibson has stepped up to the plate to write this introductory article for beginners. Read more »
Python in the enterprise: Pros and cons
Python has developed quite a following among a small-but-growing cadre of self-described Pythonistas. This article highlights the pros and cons of building enterprise-class application in Python. Read more »
Reading zip archives in Python
Zip is the name of a popular file compression algorithm, which lets you both combine multiple files into a single archive and store them on disk using less space. We'll show you how you can open and read zip files in your Python scripts. Read more »
Parsing data from the Web in Python
Builder AU's Nick Gibson runs through the development of a quick program to parse data from the Web. Read more »
One virtual machine to rule them all
The Java platform can be used to interpret more than just the Java language -- it has expanded its coverage to include Ruby, Python with PHP to follow shortly. Read more »
Web sites for developers
Once you've specialised in an area of technology, you have to stay current. Builder.com looks at technology-specific Web sites for developers. Read more »
Regular expressions: Variations in support
Take a look at some of the variations in standards and conventions, along with resources for additional information. Read more »
Will C# benefit Microsoft, or the industry?
Now that C# has been approved by the ISO, one question looms large: Will Microsoft use its intellectual property rights to make it difficult for developers to comply with the standard? Read more »
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'Tis the season for Python hacking
-- Python founder and benevolent dictator Guido van Rossum, now of Google, announced on the Python developer lists the second annual Python Sprint at Google. The result should be an initial alpha of the Python 3000 interpreter. Read more »
Make money from free code
-- The Open Source Developers conference began Wednesday morning at Monash University in Melbourne. Read more »
CodeGear Q&A
-- CodeGear is the new name for Borland's developer tools business. Builder AU spoke to CodeGear about the handover and direction of the developer tools business under the new banner. Read more »
Azure: A matter of trust
-- Ray Ozzie hit the nail on the head when he said Azure's success will hinge on trust. Who outside (and inside) the core circle of ISV trust Microsoft? Read more »
Do you trust data in the cloud?
-- Cheap hosted storage, app engines, and hosted code libraries. Can you really trust your data, or your client's data in the magical Web 2.0 cloud? Read more »
Aussies bringing Ruby to .NET
-- Developers at the Queensland University of Technology are currently working on an innovative project to create a compiler for the Ruby language that runs on the .NET Common Language Runtime. Read more »
How to manage a team of geniuses
-- Hiring a team of developers and techies that are smarter than you is inevitable. As a manager how do you cope with this and keep things on track? Read more »
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On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.