Java

Open source development surges for Android and, surprisingly, iOS

Exploding mobile OSS app volume correlated to Android device sales

Java developer says he built, launched basic open source office suite in 30 days

Using multiple open source Java libraries was key to rapid development

First look: Android Studio eclipses Eclipse

Android Studio pairs IntelliJ IDEA with rich layout and Gradle builds

Why Google is freaking out Amazon

Google Compute Engine is a real challenger to Amazon's AWS IaaS platform

Google preps Dart 1.0 to challenge JavaScript

In addition, Google Web Toolkit 3.0, featuring modularity and Java 7 and 8 backing, is planned for next year

Atlassian gives Jira bug tracker a new UI and a speed boost

Jira 6 runs faster and offers a cleaner interface and faster navigation

Google woos developers as software becomes more important

New tools launched at Google I/O get a thumbs up from developers

Google positions Gradle as the build system of choice for Android

New Android SDK plug-in supports developers using Gradle for Android builds

ElasticSearch on EC2 in less than 60 seconds

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