Java
Zend PHP Framework is now powered by Google and Microsoft
It’s no longer just a .NET or Java world when it comes to production-quality development frameworks — PHP is edging its way into developers’ affections. Now, the technology’s backers are planning further efforts to expand on its successes. Zend, PHP’s lead commercial sponsor, plans Monday to release its eponymous Framework 1.5, the first major release … Continue reading
C# set to take Java’s crown as Java drops 50 percent
Using book sales as surrogate tea leaves, Mike Hendrickson of the O’Reilly Radar finds life bleak for pretty much every major programming language except C#, Javascript, and Ruby. Java? It has plunged by 50 percent since 2003. Sun Microsystems is hedging its bets on web scripting languages, recently adding Python experts to its fold. So … Continue reading
Java increasingly threatened by new app dev frameworks
Is Java slipping into second-tier status in the application development space? All the attention being given to its rivals these days might give off that impression. Nearly 13 years old, the Java language and platform created at Sun Microsystems now shares the software development limelight with scripting languages such as PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) and Ruby, … Continue reading
