'Developers' Tag Index
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AWS Launches Cloud Certification Program By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 01, 2013 Amazon will offer certifications for solutions architects, sysops administrators and developers. Tags: certification, Architect, systems administrators, Amazon Web Services, cloud computing, developers, AWS Developers: Are You A Giver Or Taker? By Eric Spiegel | Article Published April 22, 2013 Among software development teams, the personal dynamics of the various coders is critical to efficiency. Tags: software developer, developers, programmers Tech Comics: Developers and Managers By Oliver Widder | Article Published April 05, 2013 Sometimes developers have to speak in very simple terms to make sure they're understood. Tags: developers When Developer Betrays Manager, Who Really Wins? By Eric Spiegel | Article Published March 25, 2013 Software developers need to know how to code, as well as how to look out for their own interests. Tags: developers, software development, programmers Developers vs. Managers: Five Tough Conversations By Eric Spiegel | Article Published February 25, 2013 Software developers and their managers sometimes find themselves in adversarial roles. Tags: developers, programmers Tech Comics: "Schizophrenic Coders" By Oliver Widder | Article Published February 01, 2013 Some types of programming require developers to truly challenge themselves. Tags: developers, tech Five Reasons Developers Resist Change By Eric Spiegel | Article Published January 22, 2013 Five responses to handle the five reasons -- but yes, sometimes developers are simply change resistant. Tags: IT management, developers Why Developers Hate Team Building By Eric Spiegel | Article Published November 12, 2012 Software developers groan at touchy-feely team building exercises. Yet they’re missing out on valuable experiences. Tags: programming, developers, IT Jobs/Salary BlackBerry 10 Launches January 30, Developers Get Cash Offer By Pedro Hernandez | Article Published November 12, 2012 Do or die? RIM schedules a launch event for its BlackBerry 10 mobile OS. The company offers developers a big cash incentive for app development. Tags: developers, mobile, BlackBerry 10, RIM Tech Careers: The Perils of Office Romances By Eric Spiegel | Article Published September 17, 2012 When developers get involved with developers, what happens to the code? Tags: IT Jobs/Salary, developers, programmers Tech Comics: "Teaching Object Orientation" By Oliver Widder | Article Published August 03, 2012 Imagine an object much like a thing in the real world.... Tags: object oriented JavaScript, developers Microsoft Calls Windows 8 Complete, But Concerns Remain, Say Analysts By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published August 02, 2012 The new operating system needs plenty of apps if its going to attract users. Tags: operating system, developers, apps, Release to Manufacturing, Microsoft, Windows 8 When Developers Are Afraid To Try Something New By Eric Spiegel | Article Published July 09, 2012 Developers who keep educating themselves have an edge over those who do it as they always have. Tags: Java, developers, Scala Apple's WWDC sells out in 2 hours By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published April 25, 2012 The annual developer event will take place in San Francisco June 11-15. Tags: Apple, developers, WWDC The Truth about Job Hopping Developers By Eric Spiegel | Article Published April 09, 2012 Should managers hesitate to hire developers who change jobs rapidly? Tags: developers, developer salary, IT management Linux Kernel Developers Detail Top Gripes By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published April 04, 2012 Linux kernel development is a collaborative exercise, and developers have their fair share of pet peeves. Tags: developers, Linux, Linux kernel The Dangers for Moonlighting Developers By Eric Spiegel | Article Published March 19, 2012 Developers who take on extra coding work flirt with serious career peril. Tags: developers, programmers Mozilla Delivers Firefox 10 By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published February 01, 2012 Latest Firefox includes a slew of security updates, as well as major new features for developers. Tags: Mozilla Firefox, developers, security Tech Comics: "Developers and the 2012 Apocalypse" By Oliver Widder | Article Published January 13, 2012 The Mayan calendar suggests that an apocalypse is due this year. Is a recently heard developer comment the first sign of impending doom? Tags: iPhone, developers Microsoft to Launch Windows 8 Beta, Windows Store in February By Thor Olavsrud | Article Published December 07, 2011 The software giant will open its latest operating system for public beta in late February, and it will open its new Windows Store for Metro-style apps at the same time. Tags: app store, windows store, SDK, developers, Windows 8 Three Ways Developers Can Deal With Tough Customers By Eric Spiegel | Article Published November 14, 2011 Writing software would be a far more enjoyable job if developers didn't need to deal with customers. Tags: programmers, developer salary, developers Are Odd Developers Just Misunderstood? By Eric Spiegel | Article Published October 17, 2011 Plenty of software developers have a reputation as being, well, unique characters. But it pays to look beneath the surface. Tags: programmers, software developer, developers Microsoft Gives Out Windows 8 Tablets By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published September 13, 2011 With the first technical previews of Windows 8 released to developers this week, Microsoft is moving to get the latest version of Windows out by the end of 2012. Tags: Microsoft, Windows 8, tablets, developers Tech Comics: "Graph Theory for Geeks" By Oliver Widder | Article Published July 29, 2011 Graph theory can be confusing. Can a geek simplify it? Tags: developers Fear and Loathing: Software Developers Do Customer Support By Eric Spiegel | Article Published July 18, 2011 Software developers are often called upon to provide end-user support. Is this a good idea? Tags: help desk, developer salary, developers, support Microsoft Romances iPhone App Developers with iPhone/iOS Mapping Tool By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published May 05, 2011 Realizing that Windows Phone 7 needs more apps, Microsoft reaches out to developers. Tags: iphone apps, iPhone, Windows Phone 7, mobile apps, developers That Developer's Salary is Bigger than Mine! By Eric Spiegel | Article Published April 11, 2011 A developer who learned his colleagues’ salaries reflects on pay levels for programmers. Plus: factors to keep in mind about your salary as a developer. Tags: developers, developer salary, IT Jobs/Salary The Dumbest Ways To Interview A Developer By Eric Spiegel | Article Published March 21, 2011 Companies seeking good developers often ask some remarkably dumb interview questions. What’s the worst question you’ve ever been asked? Tags: developer salary, developers, programmers, IT job interview, IT Jobs/Salary Will Microsoft's 'Make Web Not War' Attract Open Source Developers? By Bruce Byfield | Article Published March 14, 2011 Microsoft is nurturing a partnership with open source developers, a move that ‘s producing a mixed response. Tags: developers, Microsoft, FOSS, open source, Linux Developers, Please Take a Break By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published February 18, 2011 When you notice these things about yourself, you know you've been cranking out code just a bit too long. Tags: developer salary, programmers, developers, IT Jobs/Salary, software What Makes A Smart Developer? (Is it Google?) By Eric Spiegel | Article Published February 14, 2011 Sure, young developers know how to use Google. But is looking up an answer enough for true competency? Tags: IT Jobs/Salary, programmers, developers, developer salary, Google Ada Initiative Supports Women in Open Source, Counters Sexism By Bruce Byfield | Article Published February 08, 2011 A new non-profit launches to combat what’s sometimes called open source’s dirty little secret. Tags: programmers, developers, FOSS, open source, Linux How Unemployed Developers Use Open Source to Get Hired By Matt Hartley | Article Published January 19, 2011 If you’re between developer jobs, contributing to an open source project is a great way to stay visible. Tags: developers, open source, developer salary, IT Jobs/Salary, Linux Should Younger Developers be Paid More? By Eric Spiegel | Article Published January 18, 2011 If younger developers know hot new technologies, does that justify a higher salary? Tags: IT Jobs/Salary, developer salary, developers, mobile apps, programmer salary Why Silicon Valley Never Dies By Mike Elgan | Article Published December 08, 2010 Silicon Valley is once again on a roll, fueled by its peculiar combination of naked Gold-Rush greed, California optimism and Bay Area anarchy. Tags: VC, start-up, developers, venture capital, Silicon Valley Microsoft to Developers: Silverlight Remains 'Strategic' By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published November 04, 2010 Conceding that he miscommunicated, a Microsoft executive works to clarify the company's stance on Silverlight. Tags: HTML 5, programmers, Microsoft, Silverlight, developers Zend Updates PHP IDE, Framework for the Cloud By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published November 02, 2010 Zend Studio 8 and Framework 1.11 debut, bringing PHP development closer to the cloud and mobile developers. Tags: developers, Linux, Zend, open source, PHP Adobe Makes Connect Web Conferencing Service More Flexible By David Needle | Article Published November 01, 2010 The new Adobe Connect 8 sports a simplified user interface and an SDK to let developers extend its functionality. Tags: web conferencing, developers, SDK, Acrobat, Adobe Does Every Developer Deserve a Mental Health Day? By Eric Spiegel | Article Published October 18, 2010 Some developers can afford a mental health day, and some can’t get away with it. What’s the difference? Tags: developer, developer salary, IT Jobs/Salary, programmers, developers Playing Software Developer Hot Potato By Eric Spiegel | Article Published September 12, 2010 Software developers with difficult attitudes bounce around from team to team. What happens when they land on your team? Tags: IT Jobs/Salary, developer salary, IT job, developers, programmers IT Managers: Managing Engineers vs. Managing Support Staff By Scott Alan Miller | Article Published September 01, 2010 IT managers need to manage these two groups knowing that the engineers' goal of productivity contrasts with support staff's focus on availability. Tags: IT Jobs/Salary, IT manager, developers, support, IT managers Are these Developer and IT Salaries Believable? By James Maguire | Article Published August 31, 2010 Glassdoor claims to aggregate salary data from 90,000 companies. But are the figures for real? Tags: developers, developer salary, IT jobs, IT Jobs/Salary, IT salary Don't Hire That Developer! By Eric Spiegel | Article Published August 11, 2010 What’s more profitable for a developer: keeping a full-time job or working as a contractor? Tags: developer, IT Jobs/Salary, developers, developer salary, IT jobs Tech Comics: "Have You Fixed the Bug?" By Oliver Widder | Article Published August 06, 2010 Whether a given bug is actually fixed can be a surprisingly complicated question. Tags: bug fixes, bug report, developers, security Do Developers Need to Brown-Nose To Advance Career? By Eric Spiegel | Article Published July 19, 2010 Those developers who actively curry favor with management may not be popular with their colleagues. Still, is this a good strategy? Tags: developers, developer salary, programmers, developer, IT Jobs/Salary Should IT Managers Assume Good Intentions When Developers Mess Up? By Eric Spiegel | Article Published June 16, 2010 Software developers and other tech professionals will unavoidably make mistakes. How are these situations best handled? Tags: IT management, developer salary, developers, IT manager, programmers Google Opens Wave to the Public By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published May 19, 2010 One year into its launch, Google's communication and collaboration service graduates from invitation-only mode. Tags: developers, collaboration tools, Google Wave, Google, I/O Is Software Development a Young Person's Game? By Eric Spiegel | Article Published May 16, 2010 Both younger and more experienced developers feel that they have an advantage over the other group. Which one is right? Tags: developers, programmers, software developer, developer salary, developer Apple Posts Worldwide Developer Conference Details By Andy Patrizio | Article Published April 29, 2010 A week before WWDC, Steve Jobs appears at the All Things D conference. However, he has not yet been named the official keynoter for the developer show. Tags: iPhone, developers, WWDC, iphone apps, Apple Oracle Delivers New Java Virtualization Tools By Larry Barrett | Article Published April 20, 2010 Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder and Oracle WebLogic Suite Virtualizaton Option are designed to help customers deploy multiple Java apps in virtualized environments. Tags: WebLogic, Oracle VM, Oracle, virtualization, developers Inside Microsoft's Next Visual Studio 2010, .NET Framework 4 Releases By Andy Patrizio | Article Published April 13, 2010 Both feature a wide range of enhancements for modern application development in an Internet-centric world. Tags: .NET Framework, Visual Studio 2010, Azure, Microsoft, developers IBM Extends Helping Hand to Software Startups By Larry Barrett | Article Published April 01, 2010 Big Blue announces it will give away free access to its software and technologists to startups as part of its Smarter Planet marketing strategy -- and build its brand in the process. Tags: software, venture capital, start ups, developers, IBM Apple Now Taking Devs' iPad App Store Submissions By Andy Patrizio | Article Published March 20, 2010 Developers have been notified that if they want to have their app ready for launch day, they have to keep to a short deadline. How much time do they have? Tags: Apple iPad, developers, app store, iPad, Apple Are Developer Certifications Worthless? By Eric Spiegel | Article Published March 15, 2010 Some developers disdain IT certifications, yet in a tight job market they can make all the difference. A veteran project manager talks about his experience with a team of developers. Tags: certification, IT certifications, Certifications, developers, programmer salary Tech Comics: "Real Geeks" By Oliver Widder | Article Published February 19, 2010 Unlike normal people, geeks -- the real ones -- have very few needs as they work for hours on end. Tags: tech comics, developers, programmers, geek Barbie the Computer Engineer By James Maguire | Article Published February 16, 2010 Barbie the Computer Engineer Tags: programmers, developers Dealing with Unaccountable Developers By Eric Spiegel | Article Published February 15, 2010 It's an IT manager's dilemma: Developers who can’t make deadlines can be very nice people, but the fact remains that they cause some very serious problems for the development team. Tags: IT management, developers, IT management job, development, Project management Microsoft, Intuit Merge Cloud Platforms By Larry Barrett | Article Published January 21, 2010 Microsoft finds another place for its cloud-based productivity apps and developers will have more options to develop applications for its Quickbooks software. Tags: developers, Intuit, cloud computing, cloud services, Microsoft Are There Enough Smart Developers for Google? By Eric Spiegel | Article Published January 18, 2010 Maybe, maybe not, but either way, there is more than one for a software developer to be smart. Tags: Google, IT Jobs/Salary, developers, programmers, programmer salary Are You a Blue Collar or White Collar Developer? By Eric Spiegel | Article Published November 15, 2009 Among software developers these differences aren’t always discussed, yet the differences are real – or are they? Tags: developers, IT Jobs/Salary, programmers, software Are Software Developers Naturally Weird? By Eric Spiegel | Article Published October 18, 2009 Looking back at the strange software developer he’s worked with, one veteran coder asks the obvious question. Tags: IT, software, developer salary, developers Tech Comics: "Programmers are Artists" By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published September 25, 2009 Software developers can use code to accomplish more than the building of great applications. Tags: developers, Facebook, OS X, open source, iPhone Why Developers Get Fired By Eric Spiegel | Article Published September 20, 2009 There are many reasons developers get fired. So take off the ear buds, close down your 20 Skype threads and take some time to think about what you can do to prevent this from happening to you. Tags: developer salary, programmer salary, management, developers Developers' Online Competition: Career Builder? By David Needle | Article Published September 16, 2009 A new service enables developers to compete with one, game style, another to see who knows more. Could this lead to a better gig? Tags: developer salary, developers, management, programming Free/Open Source's Key Programming Languages By Akkana Peck | Article Published July 02, 2009 Take a look at the most frequently used development languages for free software. Tags: Firefox, Mozilla, programming language, developers, Linux Is Microsoft Driving Down GM's Road? By Chris Nerney | Article Published June 04, 2009 Is Microsoft Driving Down GM's Road? Tags: developers, Microsoft, software, GM, General Motors Finding The Coding Zone: Your Perfect Trifecta? By Eric Spiegel | Article Published May 17, 2009 What perfect list of conditions enables you to write your best possible software code? Tags: software, developers, programmers Where's Your Coding Happy Place? By Eric Spiegel | Article Published April 20, 2009 Developing software code is an activity best done in an optimal environment. Then again, is it more a question of external location, or internal mood? Tags: software, developers, programmers, management When Developers Drink On The Job By Eric Spiegel | Article Published April 07, 2009 When a developer drinks or does drugs on the job, there’s a right way and a wrong way to deal with it. Tags: careers, developers, IT Heated Debate Over A 'Difficult' Developer By Chris Nerney | Article Published March 17, 2009 Heated Debate Over A 'Difficult' Developer Tags: coding, developers, Project management, IT management, programmers Bruce Perens: Is Open Source Capitalist or Communist? By Bruce Perens | Article Published March 08, 2009 The various camps of open source developers, and the companies involved, may be disdainful or worse toward each other, but in fact all partners are needed for a healthy ecosystem. Tags: open source, Linux, developers, Red Hat, Mozilla Are Your Sites Mobile-Ready? Here's One Way To Find Out By Chris Nerney | Article Published February 05, 2009 Are Your Sites Mobile-Ready? Here's One Way To Find Out Tags: Twitter, mobile content, Web sites, developers, smartphones, mobile Why Offshoring Software Development Will Fail By John Miano | Article Published November 12, 2008 Despite the faddish enthusiasm for sending software development overseas, cultural and logistic factors limit its real value. Tags: programming, developers, offshoring IT, software, management For Mobile Software Developers, A Booming Job Market By Chris Nerney | Article Published October 30, 2008 For Mobile Software Developers, A Booming Job Market Tags: Android, Google, jobs, mobile apps, iPhone, developers, mobile, SDK, Apple Are Cocky Developers Worth It? By Eric Spiegel | Article Published September 16, 2008 Sure, he can code circles around the other developers, but that attitude… Tags: IT, software, management, developers |
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