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Vmware offers performance testing tool

Vmware has launched a new tool to test the performance of virtualised systems, which in the past has been difficult to pin down despite the benefits of virtualisation. Read more »

Developer Spotlight: Walker Royce

Walker Royce is the Vice President of IBM's Worldwide Rational Lab Services; he is also the author of Software Project Management, A Unified Framework. Builder AU caught up with him to talk about the process of software development and where we are heading as an industry. Read more »

IBM preach business-driven development

Big Blue this week announced new tools and a commitment to better align business, operational and development goals of enterprise software applications in a bid to reduce failed projects. Read more »

Researchers vow to smash "barriers to innovation"

Academics from Cambridge, MIT and UCL have come together to foster the development of technologies such as peer-to-peer networking and viral communications. 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 »

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 »

Should Apple shackle developers to Safari?

Apple should open OS X and let developers create iPhone applications native to the Mac platform -- instead of driving them down the Safari route. Read more »

Expert: Hold developers liable for flaws

Software developers should be held personally accountable for the security of the code they write, said Howard Schmidt, a former White House cybersecurity adviser. 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 »

Mozilla plans to fund developer community

The Mozilla Foundation is planning to use some of its millions of dollars in revenues to fund active members of its developer community, the organisation said on Tuesday. Read more »

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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 »

Allocating development resources

In tough times, projects must fight for development resources. Learn how the project approval process can help you focus your efforts. Read more »

Improve your development processes with CMM

The CMM is a development methodology that's designed to help projects make use of reusable processes. There's some pain involved in making the switch, but the benefits to development staff and the organisation make it worthwhile. Read more »

Development madness

Requirements are unclear, but coding continues as your team strives to hit deadlines. Could agile methods help ensure project success? Read more »

Balancing Web Development Teams

How can you build a development team that makes compelling visual design backed by solid and reliable functionality and still talk to each other in the morning? The role of an information architect as mediator is crucial. Read more »

Using Agile Software Development, part three

In our final article for this series, we see how the development team interacts with the customer, and how to get them involved in the process. Read more »

Show class collaboration in your application development

The dynamic aspects of class collaborations can be represented in UML with sequence diagrams. Find out how to use sequence diagrams as a tool in your application development and get a better understanding of object interaction. Read more »

Test Driven Development explained

This month Steve Hayes introduces Test Driven Development and its importance in agile development projects. Read more »

Launching an offshore development project

Offshore development can reduce costs, but it can also create serious obstacles. Here's what you should consider when selecting an overseas partner. Read more »

Mini-glossary: Project management terms you should know

Effective communication is a key element of successful project management, which makes a common language essential. This glossary will help your team standardise on frequently used PM terms, from critical path to Gantt chart to scope change management. Read more »

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Facebook gives developers more detailed analytics

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Facebook is announcing later on a complete revamp of the analytics system it offers to developers for measuring the performance of their applications on its platform. Read more »

Firefox 3 add-ons to make you a better Web developer

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Firefox might be a fast browser but it's extensions can transform it into a powerful development tool for Web developers and designers. Here are 10 of the best to get you started. Read more »

Discover what you already knew

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- 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 »

10 PR 2.0 tips for startups

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- 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 »

Are your Web apps ready for the next-gen browser war?

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Webkit, Firefox, and Internet Explorer are all scheduled to update their browsers in 2008. Are you ready for Web dev test fest 08? Read more »

Microsoft imagines a better world.

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Fresh off the wires from Microsoft comes reassuring news that their international student software design and programming competition, the Imagine Cup, is heating up. Read more »

Application Threat Modeling v2

[blogs:] -- Threat Modeling has become one of the most important ways to increase the security of your application development projects. It allows you to understand the threats you will face, and implement countermeasure in a consistent, reliable way. If you only do one thing to improve yoru development processes, Threat Modeling should be it. Now with the new ACE Threat Modeling methodology and tools, it's easy to do as well! Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    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 »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase 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 »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending 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 »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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