We (Maryam, Patrick, and I) had a wonderful breakfast with Chandu Thota. He’s a developer lead on Microsoft’s Windows Live Local service.
Stylus Studio Updates XML Developer Tools
Stylus Studio is offering a free full demo of its newly launched set of enterprise XML tools until July 14. The company says Stylus Studio 2006 Release 3 XML Enterprise Edition has enhanced support for data processing components for XQuery, EDI, XSL: FO and XSLT.
Microsoft Builds CodePlex Developer Site
Open source and Microsoft would have been an oxymoron a decade ago, but Microsoft has begun embracing the sharing ethos that has given the world software like Linux and the Apache web server.
Zawodny Back in Yahoo Developer Network
Now that the cat’s out of the bag on at least one internal mailing list, I figured I’d mention it here as well.
Google Geo Developer Day, Where 2.0
What a day I knew it was going to be full of news and cool stuff when Eric Schmidt (CEO), Larry Page and Sergey Brin (co-founders) walked onto the stage at the Googleplex – they note that geospatial is a defining opportunity in search!
Visual Studio Has Database Developer Client
Microsoft has added support for database professionals in the latest version of Team Edition for Visual Studio.
Apple’s 2006 Developer Conference
Excitement is building for Apple Computer’s Worldwide Developer Conference, at which its new operating system, Mac OS X Leopard, is to be shown for the first time. The company says that innovative ideas will abound at the event, with the number of sessions expected to reach 130.
Web Developer Tools Rock Firefox
An assortment of extensions for Mozilla’s Firefox web browser make it even more useful for developers who prefer using it for their work.
Oracle Produces Oracle SQL Developer
The kids out in Redwood Shores announced a new product called SQL developer, known previously as Project Raptor. The product is a free database development tool designed for use by Oracle Database developers.
Yahoo Encodes PHP Developer Center
PHP creator Rasmus Lerdorf works for Yahoo, and now his programming creation is part of Yahoo’s Developer Network.