Tech Free Sundays
This won’t be a very technical post, but I suggest reading it for every fanatic developer, project manager or anybody who uses computers extensively.
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Transform complex SQL statements using QueryScope
Discover QueryScope, a visualization technology that transforms a complex, multi-page SQL statement into a colorful bubble diagram that shows the key... more »
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JSR 277 turning point?
Stanley Ho announced today on the JSR 277 mailing list that he was leaving Sun and heading to RIM.
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Recent Grizzly 2.0 updates
Recently we made several updates in Grizzly 2.0:
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Breaking Brooks's Law
What is Brooks Law and can it be broken_
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Sun Microsystems: A Lesson in Failed Cosmetic Surgery
Sun Microsystems, one of the world’s largest server and software makers, finds itself in an awkward position: It might soon have enough cash to buy... more »
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Both Groovy 1.5.7 and 1.6-beta-2 are out!
This is with great pleasure that the Groovy development team and G2One announce the joint release of both Groovy 1.5.7 -- current stable and... more »
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Develop Web 2.0 apps using JPA, AJAX, and Dojo tools
This article will explain how to create a simple end-to-end Web application using the JPA, AJAX, and Dojo tools available in IBM Rational Application... more »
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Apple patents OS X Dock
Apple has patented the OS X Dock, nearly a decade after the operating system made its public debut with a new slant on the taskbar. The late... more »
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MySQL Cofounder David Axmark Leaving Sun
David Axmark, a cofounder and former lead engineer for MySQL, has resigned from Sun Microsystems a few weeks after another cofounder said he may also... more »
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13 Flash CS4 Tutorials and Resources you may not know about ?
new Flash CS4 software release Tutorials you may not know about ?
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Snapshots of Groovy 1.5.7 and 1.6-beta-2
Guillaume Laforge has posted on the Groovy lists that snapshot packages of the upcoming 1.5.7 and 1.6-beta-2 versions are up for grabs.
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Mono delivers Foundation-free open .NET alternative
The open-source implementation of Microsoft's .NET is due to hit its second release today, with many .NET 3.5 features and a few notable... more »
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Census Reveals the Top 20 Open Source Packages
The other day we reported findings from the Open Source Census--a global effort to track the number of installations of open source packages on... more »
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jQuery.embrace().extend();
I ended up giving 9 talks and was on 2 panels in 3 days - completely exhausting. We were able to get video of a bunch of the jQuery Conference so we... more »
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Cool Jobs: Wanted RCP Developer for Diesel Games
There is a steady stream of interesting Eclipse related jobs on the eclipse.employment newsgroup. Take today, Diesel Games is looking for an RCP... more »
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Introducing nWP, the Java counterpart of WordPress
We liked the functionality of WordPress, but not its PHPness. So we automatically migrated it and obtained a pure Java open-source blogging engine.
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The Latest on JavaFX - Open Sourcing, the Preview, and 1.0 - RIA Weekly #22
Recently, I had the chance to sit down with Sun’s Jacob Lehrbaum. We start out discussing the larger context that RIA technologies are finding... more »
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Conduit for Flash Pixel Bender
Adobe's new Pixel Bender technology in Flash Player 10 is great because it allows totally custom realtime graphics filters and fast parallel... more »
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How Google developed Chrome
Google's Darin Fisher, a software engineer on the Chrome project, talks about how the Web browser was developed and tested. As you might suspect,... more »
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Amazon launches pre-emptive strike against Microsoft’s planned cloud platform
On October 1, Amazon announced that it plans to offer developers this fall the ability to run Windows Server or SQL Server via the Amazon Elastic... more »
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JBoss Introduces Feature Packs
We’ve recently introduced the concept of a Feature Pack (FP). A Feature Pack will contain one or more new features / APIs or significant upgrades to... more »
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Apple Drops iPhone Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA)
Apple Drops iPhone Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA)
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Software Development Organizations Overlook the Value of Automated Testing
Seapine Software quality-ready survey results show that many organizations lack automation
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'Dublin' App Server coming to.NET 4.0
Microsoft has announced new application server technology, codenamed “Dublin,” that will surface in Windows Server. The company also announced... more »
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