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Microsoft and Eclipse cosy up on Java

Microsoft will begin collaborating with the Eclipse Foundation to improve native Windows application development on Java. Read more »

Java tools effort seeks common ground

Sun, BEA and other software companies are set to announce an interoperable tools effort called the Java Tools Community--but don't look for Java powerhouse IBM in the mix. 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 »

Mono-man brings .NET to Linux

Novell's Miguel de Icaza is working on a technology that he says can replicate Microsoft's vaunted software development platform on Linux. Read more »

Big Blue backs PHP

IBM is to create a bundle including Cloudscape and Zend's PHP development tools, but insists it is still committed to Java. Read more »

Microsoft to offer peek at new tools

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates will offer a glimpse this week of future versions of the company's Visual Studio.Net development tools bundle. Read more »

Sun urges Eclipse to unify Java world

Java steward Sun Microsystems has sent a letter to members of Eclipse, urging the increasingly influential open-source project to unify rather than fragment the Java-based development tool market. Read more »

Microsoft to standardise Office formats

Microsoft intends to submit file formats for its new Office 12 applications to the European standards body ECMA International. The company hopes this will allay concern about its level of control over document formats. Read more »

Sonic mulls standardising ESB architecture model

Progress Software's Sonic Software division is weighing up offering its enterprise service bus (ESB) architecture and reference model as the basis for an industry standard. Read more »

Eclipse jumps from development to runtime

The Eclipse Foundation has announced the creation of a project called Equinox, an expansion for the open source group beyond development tools and into runtime software. Read more »

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Take advantage of JavaScript coding guidelines

By establishing coding guidelines for your code can be more readable, reliable, and editable. Read more »

Sun refuses to relinquish control over Java

While Sun Microsystems struggles to maintain control over Java, other companies say they should be allowed to develop their own platforms without interference from Sun. Here are some of the hot issues. Read more »

Web dev: Pick up speed through standardisation

Learn why Web development standards are important and how to build them. This article covers component libraries, tools, look and feel, and more. Read more »

Australian Mobile Development Landscape

Slow networks, expensive data charges, and a plethora of technical problems have prevented the mobile phone taking off as a computing platform. Is that about to change? 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 »

Avoid these six common development mistakes

Both rookie and veteran developers often have misconceptions about their work that can hamper the progress of an entire project. We explain why you should be on the lookout for these common mistakes. Read more »

Is LINQ the future of database development?

The LINQ (.NET Language Integrated Query) Project is a Microsoft initiative to standardise data access across not only data sources but also development. Will it revolutionise database development? Read more »

Testing, testing: the overlooked aspect of development

Software testers can be vitally important to the success of a project, so why don't they need to be accredited? Read more »

Speed PHP application development by using PEAR

By using PEAR, developers can deploy and enhance basic functions that are already written and focus on writing new functionality. See how Read more »

Development architecture saves time

The establishment of a detailed development architecture will provide your organisation with decision making guidance. Such a framework can guide decisions concerning the application development life cycle, reducing costs and increasing efficiencies. Read more »

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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 »

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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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    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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    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 »

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