Darryl K. Taft

Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 With Visual Studio 2012, Microsoft will continually deliver value by adding new capabilities year-round. These update releases will be aligned with core software development trends in the market, ensuring developers always have access to the best solution for building modern applications, company officials said. VS2012 Update 1 will offer new […]

DevExpress, a maker of software development tools, has announced the next release in its DXv2 generation of software development tools, DXtreme Enterprise, a suite of tools for developers to create multiscreen applications across platforms and devices, including Windows 8 devices. The new DevExpress DXtreme toolset is available in limited preview now and will be generally […]

When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company’s biggest mistake was using HTML5 for mobile development it sent a wave across the development landscape, re-igniting the conversation over whether to go native or HTML5, Web-standards based when building mobile apps. At the TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 conference, Zuckerberg said Facebook’s biggest strategic mistake was in adopting […]

IBM announced that its scientists have been able to differentiate the chemical bonds in individual molecules for the first time using a technique known as noncontact atomic force microscopy (AFM). According to Big Blue, the results push the exploration of using molecules and atoms at the smallest scale and could be important for studying graphene […]

Telerik, a provider of development tools and controls, has announced the availability of its Windows 8 UI Controls Release Candidate (RC), which enables developers to more easily build apps for the Windows Store. As part of the RC, Telerik is also releasing two new controls, Pagination and HubTile, for both HTML and XAML environments. The […]

Tablet Emulator for Windows Store Apps Visual Studio 2012 provides a tablet emulator in which developers can run and test their Windows Store apps. Unit Testing Unit testing is a key component of the development acceleration and quality enablement features offered by Visual Studio 2012 and Team Foundation Server 2012. Team Web Access Visual Studio […]

JetBrains, a maker of software development tools for a variety of platforms, announced the availability of PhpStorm 5.0, the new release of the company’s integrated development environment (IDE) for PHP development. While maintaining its focus on PHP code quality and developer productivity, PhpStorm 5.0 also extends its support for modern PHP frameworks, JetBrains said. The […]

Microsoft has rebranded its Windows Phone Marketplace under the new name Windows Phone Store and made a few changes to make things easier and better for users. In a post on the Windows Phone Blog, Microsoft’s Mazhar Mohammed said the changes have begun rolling out, starting in Australia and New Zealand and will be gradually […]

Microsoft has opened its Windows Phone 8 SDK Preview program and is now accepting applications from developers who wish to participate. However, much to the consternation of many developers, Microsoft is limiting access to the SDK and is not publically releasing it because all the features have not been announced. In a post on the […]

Microsoft formally launched its flagship Visual Studio 2012 tools suite and has already announced an update for the product, Visual Studio 2012 Update 1. At a Sept. 12 launch event in Seattle, Microsoft officially announced VS2012 before an audience of hundreds of developers in-person and thousands more via Webcast. Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 […]