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Rapid app development hits Delphi for PHP 2.0

CodeGear has launched the Delphi for PHP 2.0 integrated development environment to improve its developer tools suite for building interactive Web applications. Read more »

Google open sources XML-alternative Protocol Buffers

XML, it seems, has run out of steam for Google. Google said Monday that it has created an open source project for a data interchange format called Protocol Buffers. Read more »

Builder's November Top Ten

Have you missed any of the hottest technology development stories published in the past month? Builder Australia can help you keep in touch with the top ten stories of November. Read more »

Software turns .Net to Flash

The race to build more-powerful Web-based applications could accelerate with the addition of software that lets Windows developers create Flash applications without knowing Flash. Read more »

Microsoft expands Vista testing

Microsoft on Tuesday outlined plans to expand its test of Windows Vista, the next version of its flagship operating system. Read more »

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Reap the benefits of design patterns

Proper use of design patterns in software development allows you to increase the efficiency of the coding process. Apply design patterns in your next project and reap the benefits. Read more »

Modularise Web design with DHTML behaviours

DHTML behaviours allow a surprising degree of modularity in site designs, simplifying updates and alterations. Here's how to use this strategy. Read more »

Tap into advanced JavaScript functions

JavaScript's advanced functions will add power and punch to your Web site. Here's how to leverage recursion and passing by reference and value. Read more »

Create data structures with JavaScript arrays

The JavaScript array object provides powerful support for assigning multiple data values to one variable, but you can also use it to utilise stack and queue data structures in an application. Get more information about JavaScript stacks and queues. Read more »

Analyse your managed .NET code with FxCop

Check your .NET code for bugs and compare it against Microsoft's design guidelines via the freely available FxCop. Learn more about this code analysis tool. Read more »

Easily manipulate data with LINQ

The buzz around .NET Language-Integrated Query (LINQ) is hard to ignore, especially since Microsoft is embracing it with the latest release of the .NET platform (beginning with C# 3.0 and Visual Basic 9.0) and Visual Studio 2008. Read more »

Get started with Java Native Interface

The JNI can greatly improve Java performance by letting you write parts of your app as natively compiled code. Here's what you need to know to get started. Read more »

Case Study: Switching places from Lotus to .NET

For almost a decade, Sydney-based software developer Just OnePlace (J1P) had been a loyal devotee of the IBM/Lotus platform. But following the strategic review that commenced two years ago the company made a strategic switch to the rival Microsoft .NET camp. Read more »

The Complexity Complex

The unfortunate fact is although optimisation can only take you so far, the true efficiency issues are going to lie in your algorithm design. Read more »

Put the Java Reflection API to work in your apps

The Java Reflection API enables you to take advantage of a variety of programming techniques. We'll show you how to inspect objects and work with arrays in the context of this API. Read more »

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Spry Game

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- At this year's Adobe WebDU conference in Sydney, Greg Rewis gave a presentation on Spry 1.6, the AJAX framework. Read more »

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