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Microsoft pushes coding qualifications in India
A new programme to push for the use of international standards in Indian software development has been launched by Microsoft. Read more »
Borland buys into project management
Borland Software has acquired Legadero, a small, privately held company, to fill out Borland's line of software development tools. Terms of the acquisition, which is expected to be announced Monday, were not disclosed. 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 »
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 »
Microsoft and Adobe to square off?
After two decades of successfully steering clear of Microsoft, Adobe Systems is edging closer to the software giant's crosshairs. Read more »
HP considers selling tools for open source
Internal tools for contributing to open source projects could form part of a new services offering. Read more »
Consultants in to map out Aust software industry
The federal government wants to get to know the Australian software industry and map out a strategy to make it "get vertical". Read more »
EMC Australia launches consulting services
Following in the footsteps of its United States and United Kingdom operations, EMC today announced the launch of consulting services for Asia Pacific and Japan as well as Latin America. Read more »
Survey: Developer metrics are too complicated
Performance metrics used in application-development projects are too complex for organisations to understand, a recent survey has revealed. Read more »
Developers split from JBoss Group
The specialist in open source application server applications loses a handful of developers who set out to run their own venture, working with JBoss and other software. Read more »
Features (247)
Six ways IT consultants can build their reputation
You may be one of the best IT consultants in town, but if no one knows about you, it's impossible to ever be successful. So how exactly do you build a reputation? Read more »
Five questions to ask a potential consultant
Selecting the right consultant can frustrate even the seasoned development manager. But, if you ask the right questions and can read between the lines of their answers, you can usually choose one that proves to be a good fit. Read more »
Is Agile development secure?
Agile development methodologies might be the new fad in software design but how much emphasis is there on secure code? Read more »
Who owns your application code?
A company can get burned when it comes to deciding who owns the code to an application. Outside developers could cause trouble if the details aren't ironed out in the beginning. Read more »
When to kill an application development project
If you have a project on life support, it may be time to pull the plug. Management guru Scott Withrow highlights when to pack it in. Read more »
Test Driven Development explained
This month Steve Hayes introduces Test Driven Development and its importance in agile development projects. Read more »
Getting familiar with Regular Expressions
Within the .NET framework, Regular Expressions offer consultants powerful capabilities for their application development clients. Here's a look at Regular Expressions and how you can apply them to your work. Read more »
Is IT certification still relevant for developers?
The IT certification landscape has drastically changed over the years. It was once considered the measuring stick for IT knowledge, is this still true? Read more »
Developer Spotlight: Geoff Bowers
Builder AU recently caught up with Geoff Bowers to talk about Web services, surviving the dot com crash, and the decision to open source Daemon's flagship content management system. Read more »
Review: Java Development from Linux to Mac
Local tech writer, Ben Stringer reviews the move from a Linux development environment for Java to one with an Apple PowerMac G5. Read more »
Blog (13)
Ivar Jacobson acquires Aussie consultancy company
-- The consultancy company led by the software pioneer, Ivar Jacobson, announced overnight it has finalised the acquisition of the consultancy arm of Crag Solutions Pty Ltd. Read more »
Be wary of the rip and replace guy
-- Ever come across a consultant, developer, or manager who wants to rip everything up and start fresh? Change may be what your business needs but don't be afraid to question their convictions before embarking on the new plan. Read more »
Q&A with EditMe: A wiki for non-geeks
-- Finally, a wiki CMS solution that you can safely give to your clients to use. But sshhhh... don't call it a wiki... Read more »
10 PR 2.0 tips for startups
-- You’ve got a great product and spent much of your budget on developing your software or service and now you’re left with a marginal budget for marketing and PR. Sound familiar? Read more »
Silicon Beach Australia
-- A group of Australian Web technology thinkers and entrepreneurs have started a new Google Group to build the Down Under version of California's famous high-tech development locality. They call it: Silicon Beach Australia. Read more »
One Competition for the Rest of Us
-- Adobe are celebrating the release of Flex 2 beta 2 this week with a developer competition with some tasty prizes.
While that's good news for many, entries are only being accepted from residents of the USA and Canada (except Quebec, those crazy Francophiles have some issues with people entering competitions). Read more »
Discover what you already knew
-- Have you ever thought the metrics measured against you as a code monkey to
be unfair or a waste? Well you could be right. Read more »
Take off your suit pants and jacket -- It's Web 2.0
-- With the shortage of talented IT staff on hand the smell of dot-com culture has made a comeback. Welcome to Web 2.0 work culture , the future of yesterday. Read more »
Simonyi tells programmers to leave the Dark Ages
-- Charles Simonyi -- legendary Microsoft programmer and space tourist -- doesn't have many good things to say about the current state of his own profession, software engineering. 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 »
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In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »
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Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5
Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »
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BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continueAttending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »
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Conroy ducks, Ballmer evades and Android Fails -- Club Builder
Club Builder this week takes a long look at Senator Conroy's recent attempt to explain his Great Firewall of Australia, we chase Steve Ballmer over Sydney, and find Google's biggest bug of the year.