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NetBeans gets Groovy with Coyote

The open source Java IDE now has support for scripting languages thanks to a new project. Read more »

BEA eyes scripting languages

BEA Systems -- a company long committed to the Java programming language -- plans to support alternative scripting languages in upcoming products. Read more »

Microsoft embraces open-source scripting language

Microsoft has released a beta of its .Net port to Python. Read more »

Eclipse embraces PHP

The Eclipse Foundation has released Eclipse PHP Development Tools, software that it hopes will open Eclipse up to the millions of PHP Web developers. Read more »

Bash + cmd = Powershell?

CommentaryMicrosoft's PowerShell looks to be a revolution that envelopes the advantages of both bash and cmd as well as adding a powerful new dimension to scripting in general. Read more »

Study: Visual Basic use may be slipping

Usage of Microsoft's popular Visual Basic development language--used by about half of all professional programmers--may be on the wane, according to a recent study. Read more »

Microsoft: Virus target won't be in Vista

A new scripting tool targeted by a virus writer will not be part of Windows Vista, the next Windows client release, Microsoft announced Friday. Read more »

Microsoft to push Silverlight 1.0 RC out the door

Microsoft's Adobe flash-killer Silverlight is entering its next phase with the software maker set to debut Silverlight 1.0 Release Candidate late this week. Read more »

Piggyback developers in a bind over IE

Internet Explorer's state of suspended animation has never much bothered Web entrepreneur Adam Stiles, but now he's worried. Read more »

Sun takes the covers off Mustang

At JavaOne, Sun gave developers a peek at what's coming in the next two major releases of Java, and we've rounded them up for you. Read more »

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Client-side programming with Atlas

In this column, we survey the Atlas architecture to get a better understanding of how you may use it in your development work. Read more »

.Net develops advantages over Java

Developers have a number of reasons for favouring one programming environment over another. For those attracted by good technology, .NET is worth a look. Read more »

ASP.NET, MVC design pattern

In this article Builder.com looks at a simple pattern for developing .NET Web applications. Read more »

Easily integrate JavaScript with ASP.NET pages

While ASP.NET provides a robust development platform, developers should not overlook mature technologies like JavaScript. Tony Patton explains how to integrate JavaScript with ASP.NET controls in this article. Read more »

PHP, ASP or ASP.NET?

Local tech commentator Daniel Winter looks beyond the hype and FUD slinging to show you where and when to use PHP, ASP and ASP.NET for your Web apps. Read more »

Get your ASP.NET data binding education here

Data binding was once the technique no one wanted to use, but .NET has changed that. See how you can put this flexible technique to work in your ASP.NET applications. Read more »

What is cross-site scripting?

Cross-site scripting, also known as "XSS," is a class of security exploit that has gotten a fair bit of attention in the last few years. This article explains what it is and where the dangers lie. Read more »

Scripting Java with the Bean Scripting Framework

Want to support all the scripting languages for Java? The Bean Scripting Framework, BSF, enables you to do just that with a simple API. We'll show you how in this article. Read more »

One virtual machine to rule them all

The Java platform can be used to interpret more than just the Java language -- it has expanded its coverage to include Ruby, Python with PHP to follow shortly. Read more »

Create XML by using MySQL and PHP

PHP is a scripting environment that allows you to work with XML. Here's how to use open source tools such as PHP and MySQL to manipulate XML. Read more »

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Blog (6)

Microsoft services VS2008 & .NET 3.5

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Microsoft has just announced the release to manufacturing of the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Visual Studio 2008 SP1. Read more »

Tools for the Semantic Web

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- This blog post covers some of the technologies available for creating applications for the Semantic Web. Read more »

Top 25 open source projects at Microsoft

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Microsoft has consistently lowered the bar for developers, and Codeplex seems to be doing a good job of doing the same thing for open-source development on the Microsoft platform. Read more »

Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- 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 »

How to manage a team of geniuses

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Hiring a team of developers and techies that are smarter than you is inevitable. As a manager how do you cope with this and keep things on track? Read more »

Schoolgirl builds SecondLife Web app

Nick Gibson [blogs:byteclub] -- A new web application AjaxLife allows interaction with the online virtual world SecondLife. The cool part? It was developed in just a week by a fifteen year old English schoolgirl. Read more »

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