|
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: developers, security, Mozilla Firefox 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: developers, iPhone 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: Windows 8, SDK, windows store, app store, developers 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: developer salary, developers, programmers 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: Windows 8, tablets, developers, Microsoft 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: developer salary, help desk, 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: mobile apps, developers, iphone apps, iPhone, Windows Phone 7 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: IT Jobs/Salary, developer salary, developers, programmers, IT job interview 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: open source, Linux, Microsoft, developers, FOSS 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: IT Jobs/Salary, software, developers, developer salary, programmers 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: programmers, IT Jobs/Salary, Google, developers, developer salary 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: FOSS, Linux, developers, open source, programmers 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: open source, developers, 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: programmer salary, mobile apps, developer salary, IT Jobs/Salary, developers 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: developers, start-up, venture capital, Silicon Valley, VC 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: Microsoft, Silverlight, HTML 5, developers, programmers 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, open source, Linux, Zend, 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: SDK, developers, web conferencing, 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 salary, programmers, IT Jobs/Salary, developers, developer 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: developers, programmers, developer salary, IT job, IT Jobs/Salary 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: support, developers, IT managers, IT manager, IT Jobs/Salary 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: IT Jobs/Salary, developers, developer salary, IT jobs, 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: developers, developer, developer salary, IT jobs, IT Jobs/Salary 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: security, developers, bug report, bug fixes 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: IT Jobs/Salary, developer, programmers, developer salary, developers 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: programmers, IT manager, IT management, developer salary, developers 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: Google, developers, collaboration tools, I/O, Google Wave 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: developer, developer salary, software developer, developers, programmers 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 apps, Apple, iPhone, developers, WWDC 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: virtualization, Oracle, developers, Oracle VM, WebLogic 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: Microsoft, Visual Studio 2010, developers, .NET Framework, Azure 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: IBM, software, start ups, developers, venture capital 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, developers, app store, iPad, Apple iPad 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: programmer salary, Certifications, certification, IT certifications, developers 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: programmers, developers, geek, tech comics Barbie the Computer Engineer By James Maguire | Article Published February 16, 2010 Barbie the Computer Engineer Tags: developers, programmers 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 job, development, Project management, IT management, developers 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: cloud computing, developers, Intuit, 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: programmer salary, Google, IT Jobs/Salary, developers, programmers 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: IT Jobs/Salary, developers, 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: developer salary, software, IT, 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: open source, OS X, iPhone, Facebook, developers 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: developers, Linux, Mozilla, programming language, Firefox Is Microsoft Driving Down GM's Road? By Chris Nerney | Article Published June 04, 2009 Is Microsoft Driving Down GM's Road? Tags: General Motors, software, Microsoft, developers, GM 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, programmers, developers 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: management, software, developers, programmers 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: IT, developers, careers Heated Debate Over A 'Difficult' Developer By Chris Nerney | Article Published March 17, 2009 Heated Debate Over A 'Difficult' Developer Tags: programmers, IT management, coding, Project management, developers 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: Mozilla, open source, developers, Linux, Red Hat 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: developers, Twitter, mobile content, Web sites, 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: developers, offshoring IT, management, software, programming 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: SDK, mobile apps, mobile, jobs, Android, developers, iPhone, Apple, Google 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: developers, IT, management, software Is Apple Releasing A New Phone Today Or Something? By Chris Nerney | Article Published July 11, 2008 Is Apple Releasing A New Phone Today Or Something? Tags: Apple, developers, iPhone, 3G, GPS Google Now Officially Quaking In Boots By Chris Nerney | Article Published July 10, 2008 Google Now Officially Quaking In Boots Tags: search, Yahoo, developers, Google Natural Programmers (Code Monkeys) vs. Career Programmers (Geeks in Suits) By Sara Chipps | Article Published May 29, 2008 To hire the most appropriate talent for your software development job, you must first understand the ethic of the Code Monkey. Tags: developers, management, programmers, software, applications Business Logic vs. Free Software Idealism By Bruce Byfield | Article Published May 23, 2008 For some time now, business and free software have coexisted relatively peacefully. But in recent months this cooperation has shown signs of becoming strained. Tags: Windows, Microsoft, Linux, open source, developers On Women In IT: A (Gasp!) Girl's Perspective By Chris Nerney | Article Published May 15, 2008 On Women In IT: A (Gasp!) Girl's Perspective Tags: Women in IT, developers, IT jobs Apple to Thousands: No iPhone Developer Program for You...Yet By James Alan Miller | Article Published March 17, 2008 Acceptance into the iPhone Developer Program means much more in the way of development resources and a place in the iPhone App Store. Tags: Apple, developers, iPhone, support, software Be Prepared To Pay More For Tech Expertise By Judy Mottl | Article Published February 05, 2008 Bigger paychecks coming for network admins, Web specialists and those leading specific tech efforts. Tags: IT certifications, hiring tech talent, developers, IT salary, IT Jobs/Salary The 2008 IT Salary Guide By James Maguire | Article Published November 01, 2007 The IT Salary Guide lists salaries for many tech positions, including pay levels for various U.S. regions. Plus: salary incentives for specialty IT skill sets. Tags: IT salary, IT Jobs/Salary, programmer salary, IT management salary, developers Will Open Source Developers be Well Paid? By James Maguire | Article Published July 05, 2007 An open source researcher talks about the pay levels of developers. Plus, who makes more: open source or closed source developers? Tags: software, developers, IT Jobs/Salary, open source, SAP IT Salary: Senior Java Developer By James Maguire | Article Published June 25, 2007 Salary levels for Senior Java Developers, along with job description. Tags: IT Jobs/Salary, services, Oracle, IBM, developers |
