Open Source News
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Linux-based change management tool
Published 12 years ago by Mike James
Embarcadero now has a Linux version of Change Manager that allows developers and database administrators to make database configuration comparisons from a Linux workstation.
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IDEs for Ruby on Rails
Published 13 years ago by Mike James
CodeGear's 3rdRail IDE contains productivity features aimed at making it easier and faster for both new and experienced Rails developers to build database-driven Web applications.
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Integrated flowcharting
Published 13 years ago by Mike James
Visustin v5 from Aivosto supports both automated and manual flowcharting, and reverse-engineers source code into flowcharts.
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Sybase WorkSpace 2.0
Published 13 years ago by Mike James
Built on the Eclipse open-source framework, the integrated design and development environment Sybase WorkSpace 2.0 combines enterprise modelling, database development, data federation, Web application development and services development and orchestration.
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Silverlight 1.0 release
Published 13 years ago by Mike James
Hard on the heels of the release of betas of Silverlight, we now have the finished version.
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Microsoft lures non-.NET developers
Published 13 years ago by Mike James
Microsoft would still like more programmers to turn to .NET, and to encourage this, a new online resource has been created.
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Improved SCM performance
Published 13 years ago by Mike James
A new version of the Perforce Software Configuration Manager (SCM) can create a codeline branch of 100,000 files ten times faster than previous version.
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Development framework for Java
Published 13 years ago by Mike James
Trolltech's Qt Jambi is a rich client development framework for Java, which expands the C++ based Qt framework to provide a similar range of facilities for Java developers.
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Silverlight takes on Flash
Published 13 years ago by Mike James
Silverlight is Microsoft's .NET WPF-based alternative to Flash, which allows you to work in Visual Studio and Expression Studio to create multimedia web pages.
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New visual interface for Perforce SCM
Published 13 years ago by Mike James
Perforce has released version 2007.1 of its Software Configuration Management System, which versions and manages source code and digital assets.
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Automated Flowcharting and UML Diagramming
Published 14 years ago by Mike James
Aivosto has updated Visustin, an automated software diagramming utility, which allows software developers to reverse engineer their source code into flow charts and UML activity diagrams.
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CM-Card for security and storage
Published 14 years ago by Mike James
Wibu-Systems' CM-Card is the combination of two of its software protection technologies, WibuKey and CodeMeter, in a single CardBus card.
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Together for Eclipse
Published 14 years ago by Mike James
Borland</a> has released an upgrade to its Together 2006 for Eclipse enterprise modelling product, based on the open source Eclipse 3.2 framework.
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Microsoft and Novell announce collaboration
Published 14 years ago by Mike James
Novell and Microsoft have announced an historic bridging of the divide between open source and proprietary software.
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EA 6.5 supports UML 2.1
Published 14 years ago by Mike James
The latest version of Enterprise Architect (EA) introduces support for UML 2.1.
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Managed DirectX becomes XNA
Published 14 years ago by Mike James
Recent releases in quick succession of Microsoft's DirectX graphics and multimedia library offer an improved .NET managed class library which allows .NET programmers to make use of DirectX without having to write “unsafe” code or import COM components.
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.NET support for multi-platform ESB
Published 14 years ago by Mike James
Fiorano Software now has a native, fully-managed .NET runtime for its ESB and SOA platforms.
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Encryption for Windows, Linux, and UNIX
Published 14 years ago by Mike James
CryptoTools 3.0 is a multi-language suite of encryption components and libraries which enables developers to add security to their applications through encryption.
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Borland to offload IDEs
Published 14 years ago by Mike James
Borland has confirmed that it has retained Bear Stearns to manage the sale of its entire dev tools portfolio.
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Open Ajax
Published 15 years ago by Mike James
IBM for one seems to think that Ajax is a good idea - it and several other companies are behind a new open-source project to create development tools for Ajax-style web development.