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Back to the Classroom: An IT Veteran Seeks Technical Enlightenment By Edward J. Joyce | Article Published March 14, 2013 A programmer who started his career with punch cards tries his hand at Python. Tags: Python, development, computer science education Why the Linux Desktop Needs More Usability Testing By Bruce Byfield | Article Published February 05, 2013 The open source community often neglects usability testing—and projects can suffer as a result. Tags: open source, Linux, testing, development, desktop IBM Accelerates Mobile Strategy By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published November 12, 2012 Mobile development lifecycle and mobile foundation products debut, but will developers still need a Mac if they want to build to iOS? Tags: IBM, development, mobile, IOS Ubuntu App Building Tools: Illumination, Quickly By Matt Harley | Article Published June 26, 2012 Newbie and advanced developers can easily create software for Ubuntu and other Linux desktops. Tags: Linux, development, Ubuntu, app Facebook IPO Highlights Hacker Culture By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published February 02, 2012 Facebook's S1 filing reveals insights into the company's finances and its hyperactive culture, whose ethic Mark Zuckerberg describes as 'The Hacker Way'. Tags: Facebook, development, hacker, IPO Why Google Has a Space Program By Mike Elgan | Article Published November 17, 2011 The Internet giant is working on some pretty nutty ideas. What's up? Tags: Google, development, search engine, Xerox PARC Dealing with Unaccountable Developers By Eric Spiegel | Article Published February 15, 2010 It's an IT manager's dilemma: Developers who cant make deadlines can be very nice people, but the fact remains that they cause some very serious problems for the development team. Tags: Project management, development, developers, IT management, IT management job 'Agile' Development Winning Over 'Waterfall' Method By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published September 30, 2009 Software development has shifted from the more traditional 'waterfall'-based approach to the faster Agile approach. Tags: programming, IBM, development, networking, HP MSFT Launches Development Contest for Win7 By Andy Patrizio | Article Published July 17, 2009 Microsoft is offering a hefty cash prize to spur interest in its forthcoming Windows 7 OS. Tags: Windows, Microsoft, development, marketing, Windows 7 Software Development and The War on Muda By Bill Curtis | Article Published July 17, 2009 A huge problem in development is the need to rework, a concern that grows worse as the workload increases. Tags: data, software, development, programmers, IT Why Are User Interfaces Programmed so Poorly? By Edward J. Joyce | Article Published April 15, 2009 Many software builders are not applying the basics of Programming 101, so users get the following message: INPUT ERROR, you doofus. Tags: browsers, programming, development Geek Hero Comic: "Agile Development Explained" By Salvatore Iovene | Article Published February 24, 2009 The term 'agile development' has a number of meanings, depending on who's defining it. Tags: PHP, developer, development, 2009 The 'Anti-Java' Professor and the Jobless Programmers By James Maguire | Article Published July 29, 2008 Actually, this top computer science professor isnt exactly anti-Java but he deplores its effect on CS studies. And he sees dark clouds ahead if something doesnt change. Tags: Java, programming, software, development, IT |