How-Tos

Google advances Native Client Web browser technology

Revamped SDK addresses security concerns, allows developers to build Native Client apps before technology's official launch

The 7 deadly sins of software development

Recognize the worst traits of programmers everywhere and save yourself from developer hell

Debating the pros and cons of software patents

Free Software Foundation argues that software patents infringe on individual expression and present a roadblock to innovation

RMOUG Training Days 2011: First Day

AntBuilder: Groovy Meets Ant

AntBuilder: Groovy Meets Ant

HTML5 Recommended in 2014

W3C announces that HTML5 will be finished in 2014

The The W3C sets a timeline for finishing the hotly debated HTML5 standard

Google Web Toolkit adds HTML5 canvas backing

Also in the application development space, JetBrains upgrades its PHP IDE

JavaOne 2011 and Oracle OpenWorld: October 2-6, 2011

Java State of the Union: One Year Under Oracle

Microsoft KDE?

Getting started with JDK7

A year later: Has Oracle ruined or saved Sun?

The company irks open source advocates but is steadfast in upgrading Sun-derived technologies

Google extensions could aid Java security

Borrowing a technique from Eiffel, Google is adding Design-By-Contract functionality to Java to protect it against buffer overflow attacks

Multiparadigmatic C#

Posts on the Rise and Fall of JVM Dynamic Languages

HTML5 in the browser: HTML5 data communications

Cross-document messaging, WebSockets, and other HTML5 APIs bolster website and browser interactivity to create a faster, richer Web

Eclipse takes on content management

The Eclipse Enterprise Content Repository project will provide reference implementation and feature services like versioning

Groovy Uses JAVA_OPTS

Java and Oracle, One Year Later

Groovy Scripts Master Their Own Classpath with RootLoader

Microsoft, RIM look to entice mobile developers

The companies are updating their developer tools for Windows Phone and PlayBook

Finding Multiple Class Definitions with Jarminator

RIM pushes WebWorks for BlackBerry, PlayBook development

The WebWorks platform lets developers use familiar Web tools to write apps that look native on BlackBerry smartphones and PlayBook tablets

Determining Level of Java Debug in Class File via javap

Determining Level of Java Debug in Class File via javap

Generating XML Schema with schemagen and Groovy

Developers hail improvements to Android Market

Developers say the addition of a browser-based store and and in-app payments will get more users to download applications and encourage development

Mobile developers challenged to boost privacy

ACLU leads the development competition, which seeks to address security on smartphones

Chrome OS vs. Android 3.0: Which platform will prevail?

Developers have two Google OSes to choose from, but one platform may have an advantage in the long run

Oracle drafts OpenJDK bylaws

The company calls the posting a starting point, though analysts worry Oracle and IBM are trying to set up a puppet governing board

Java News: Java Hanging and Java Desktop Popularity

Java News: Java Hanging and Java Desktop Popularity

Working Around the Java Double.parseDouble Bug

Bit of a hiatus

Pervasive’s parallel development API paired with Hadoop MapReduce

DataRush 5.0, which helps developers without parallel development experience create multithreaded apps, also backs new JVM languages

Yahoo drops its own Hadoop distribution

The company instead will focus on Apache's version of the distributed computing platform

Groovy, JMX, and the Attach API

Groovy, JMX, and the Attach API

Having the Last Word with Java and Groovy

Having the Last Word with Java and Groovy

HTML: The standard that failed?

HTML is officially whatever the top browser vendors say it is at the moment. You call that a standard?

The State of HTML5

InfoWorld review: Fabulous PHP frameworks

Zend Framework, Symfony, CodeIgniter, CakePHP, and other PHP frameworks conquer Web development with extensive features, powerful tools, and superior ease

Google Android tablets gain traction with developers

Apple iPad remains the top tablet targeted by app builders in survey

Oracle nominates Brazilian user group to fill Apache’s JCP vacancy

Oracle suggests Brazilian user group SouJava as a replacement for Apache on Java committee

NetBeans 7.0 IDE due this spring

Set for April release, open source IDE includes capabilities for Java SE 7 and Oracle WebLogic Server

Report: Oracle confining Java future to enterprise use

Forrester analysts assert Oracle's plans for Java limit the language to the enterprise at expense of wider development community

HTML5 Canvas