Articles
Channel: Web Development (page 5)
-
Google’s Decision to Launch the Chrome Operating System Reflects the Growing Importance of Web Applications
Microsoft owns the operating system market with its many flavours of Windows. Only Apple OS has attempted to break that monopoly with only marginal success. As a result Apple has recognized Microsoft’s predominance in creating dual-boot MacBooks that operate both Apple and Windows operating systems.
Continue reading...
-
Google Services for Websites Adds New Tools
Google (news, site ) has added more features to its services page for web hosts to help site owners create better sites and provide better features for users. Let's have a quick look at what's new for you.
Continue reading...
-
SQL Server 2008 R2 Includes End-User Analytics and Reporting
We've been focused on learning about the upcoming versions of SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010. But Microsoft also has another product just out as a CTP (community technology preview) -- SQL Server 2008 R2.
Continue reading...
-
ASP.NET MVC 2 Preview 1 Ready For Review
It's been roughly five months since ASP.NET MVC 1.0 became available and developers flocked to download it. Now, after a brief break helping out with ASP.NET 4, Phil Haack and his team have gotten back in the saddle and started working on ASP.NET MVC 2.0. Preview 1 of ASP.
Continue reading...
-
PayPal's New Open Commerce Platform, Gets MS Endorsment
A few years ago, after Amazon threw developer-friendly Amazon Payments into the mix and Google made things more interesting with Google Checkout, the Web payments throne was seized from PayPal and it was every payment service for themselves.
Continue reading...
-
Adobe Goes Open Source With Two Media Tools
Adobe (news, site) has announced that is has taken another two of its products targeted specifically at the media and publishing industries and gone open source with them. Open Source Media Framework (OSMF ), which was originally launched as Strobe last April, gives developers the ability
Continue reading...
-
Bamboo Offers Free Software to SharePoint Community Groups
Keeping with the theme of pricing and SharePoint today, we have a little something coming from Bamboo Solutions (news, site ).
Continue reading...
-
Linked Data on the Web - Becoming Reality in the UK
These days the UK government seems unusually savvy when it comes to technology, open source and open standards. Now they've embraced another open movement, that of open data. And they've appointed Sir Tim Berners-Lee, father of the World Wide Web, to help.
Continue reading...
-
Microsoft Silverlight and Expression Hit the Big 3 Mark
Microsoft (news, site) hits the difficult third album with its would-be web framework king and development systems -- Silverlight 3 and Expression 3. What's new under the hood for those wanting to make a splash online? Let the Web Battles Commence Microsoft Silverlight (said charitably) had
Continue reading...
-
Mixing Design and Content in an Online Web Development Model
With the advent of Software as a Service (Saas), it's surprising that more browser-based options for web development don't exist. Which is what makes Platformic (news, site) so unique. Not only does it offer a browser-based web development strategy, its platform combines web design with content management
Continue reading...
-
IBM Offers Free Tool for Developing Web 2.0 Style Rich Internet Applications
IBM (news, site) claims that EGL (Enterprise Generation Language) is the new COBOL, an easy to code business tool. But, we don't recall people giving COBOL compilers away for free back in the sixties. A New Generation Language for the Web Enterprise Generation Language (EGL )
Continue reading...
-
CloudBerry Updates Amazon S3 Explorer, Offers Online BackUp Service
CloudBerry's (news, site) freeware browser for Amazon S3 has been a big hit since its launch back in March. Now the company is bringing new features and offering extra peace of mind. Find it in the Clouds Amazon's Simple Storage System (S3) is great for storing large
Continue reading...
-
ASP.NET MVC Installer Now Ready for Visual Studio 2010
When the beta for Visual Studio 2010 (news, site) first came out, it lacked the ability to create ASP.NET MVC applications. This was because Visual Studio was in lock down before MVC 1.0 was released. There was a workaround, but it didn't give you the ability
Continue reading...
-
IDE Plug-Ins Extend Web Content To Nokia Phones
If anyone was in any doubt that competition in the mobile web market is really beginning to heat-up, then yesterday’s release of three new widgets by Nokia (news, site) that will convert web code and scripts created on PCs into mobile applications will fix that.
Continue reading...