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Improvements to Visual Studio 2008 include database and Office 2007 Ribbon support
Google App Engine simplifies the problem of deploying and scaling Web applications, but not without a few wrinkles and question marks
The Web is evolving into a full-fledged app-delivery platform, calling into question the browser's ability to fulfill the needs of today's rich Internet apps
Integrated workflows eyed for Sun's open source IDE
Mainsoft lets .Net developers build WebSphere portlets, and it allows WebSphere to talk to SharePoint, to boot
SpringSource's new Java application server reflects OSGi's growing role on the server side
Real-time Java application development using multicore systems
iRise's new software suite allows iPhone developers to create prototypes that look and behave like an application but don't have the underlying code
Developers at Web 2.0 Expo asked Google when App Engine would include support for languages like PHP and Ruby
Version 3.0 of the Eclipse-based Flex IDE hits the high notes with real-time charting, wizards for data binding and Web services, new tools for app profiling, and support for AIR; Creative Suite integration could use improvement