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Software Development: Aptana Studio 1.2
by Michael on 2008-12-04 08:40:19
tags:
adobe air,
ajax,
aptana,
django,
iphone,
php,
programming ide,
python,
ruby on rail,
software development
When Java was the primetime language of choice for most companies, it wasn't hard to come up with an IDE or two that would more than suffice in development. A lot of the projects that I worked on fell into one of two categories: IBM or open source. Many of the large-scale big companies working with Java were either backing IBM or Sun Microsystems. If you were an IBM backer, you used IBM's Visual Age for Java as your IDE of choice. If you were a Sun or open source backer, you more than like used a variation ...
Ruby on Rails Development: Death to all Hobbyists
by Michael on 2008-09-16 11:50:14
tags:
hobbyists,
php,
ruby on rails,
script kiddies,
software architecture
Ruby on Rails is the most hyped about technology in modern programming since the days that XML started passing the lips of CEO's who just "had" to join in on the latest round of buzzword bingo.
I didn't believe the hype initially. By the time Ruby on Rails started to gain traction, I was hip deep in Mono development (the open source version of .NET, which could run on Mac OS X and Linux), and really had no desire to pick up "yet another" framework to master. I was familiar with the Ruby programming language, having programmed with ...
