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Building quality code, not testing for quality
Involve quality in the entire application development process, instead of concentrating on it only from the software debugging stage, industry watchers have urged companies. Read more »
Developer Spotlight: Walker Royce
Walker Royce is the Vice President of IBM's Worldwide Rational Lab Services; he is also the author of Software Project Management, A Unified Framework. Builder AU caught up with him to talk about the process of software development and where we are heading as an industry. Read more »
Microsoft toolset to promote mobile Web services
Microsoft says that desktop developers will be able to transfer their skills to handheld devices using its new toolset. Read more »
Microsoft to offer peek at new tools
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates will offer a glimpse this week of future versions of the company's Visual Studio.Net development tools bundle. Read more »
Apple's Tiger search set to roar
Apple's latest operating system, which is still in development, is 'ahead of the competition' on search, claims Steve Jobs. Read more »
McAfee automates Google hacking
McAfee has released an update to its tool that uses Google to automatically search for security holes in Web sites. Read more »
Oracle to 'Fortify' its source code
Oracle, recently under fire from security researchers for the state of its product security, is further automating its bug-checking process. Read more »
Solaris engineers offer personalised source-code tours
Sun Microsystems chose to employ the human touch when it introduced more than five million lines of Solaris source code onto the Internet. Read more »
Google plans 'Chrome' browser
Search giant Google has confirmed it will shortly unveil a new Web browser dubbed 'Chrome' and based on code from the Webkit project. Read more »
'Spammy' social network apps on the way out: Google
Developers of social networking sites are considering sharing blacklists of annoying and 'spammy' applications with each other in an effort to prevent users from switching off Web 2.0 technology. Read more »
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Three tools that make Java code review painless
Reviewing and optimising code is a task no developer is too keen on. Use these tools to help automate the process as much as possible. Read more »
Implementing taxonomy during development
Knowing that you need information taxonomy is one thing. Knowing how to build it is another. These tips will help you build a profitable Web site. Read more »
Coding standards 101
Without coding standards, your team's code will slide into chaos. But where should the standards come from, how extensive should they be, and who should enforce them? Read more »
Take a manageable approach to reading HTML page data
There are many reasons for scraping data from a Web site. You might need to download data from a published site to be analysed or determine whether a site is displaying the correct value each day without any errors. You may even be creating a Web service. Read more »
Why migrating Java apps to .NET may not be smart
Migrating from Java to .NET is not easy, and you might be better off with your exisiting application. Here are five reasons for sticking with Java. Read more »
TopCoder: More than competition
Ever wanted to challenge the developer in the next cube to a duel? TopCoder lets you do just that. And it might just land you a new job too. Read more »
ASP.NET Web Matrix: Keeping it simple
Many IT pros are amazed that MS has made parts of the .NET initiative free. The ASP.NET Web Matrix tool is designed to make it easy to code simple apps. Read more »
Automate and extend Firefox with the Chickenfoot add-on
Chickenfoot is a Firefox add-on that allows you to automate user actions within the browser environment. It also lets you extend the browser interface to provide additional features to a Web page. Read more »
Automate routine tasks with Windows Services, part 1
Learn how to use Windows Services (formerly known as NT services) to program and schedule system tasks Read more »
Automate routine tasks with Windows Services, part 2
Find out how the .NET Framework's Windows Services (formerly known as NT services) allows you to program and schedule system tasks. Read more »
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You shall be replaced by a small shell script
-- This week's roundup covers OSDC, Google's attempt to get school kids into open source, the roel of automation in software development, why we hate salespeople and more. Read more »
The last of the codeslingers?
-- Is programming a transient job that's experiencing its last days of the Wild West? Read more »
Database pros get tools in the know
-- Microsoft has just released the eagerly anticipated Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals (TEDB) which allows developers to build database applications in a team environment. Read more »
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Opera's new SDK: Better browsing on the Wii?
Opera has thrown a little more love at device developers by announcing an updated version of its software development kit on Wednesday at CES. Read more »
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It's another year down but some things never change. That was shown this week as Internet Explorer remained under fire from yet another zero-day exploit. In other news, we set a hard drive on fire and Apple cans its involvement with MacWorld. Read more »
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In this week's roundup we take a look at Google's new technology -- Native Client, its Android phone, news from the world of web browsers and more. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.