It can be frustrating to write complex JavaScript programs when they don't work the same way on different browsers. Google, who makes extensive use of JavaScript in programs like Gmail and Google Docs, understands the difficulties in writing, debugging, and optimizing sizable JavaScript apps. To make JavaScript programming easier, Google has released its set of Closure Tools for JavaScript.

With Maven 3.x we have made our best attempt to listen users, find out what they need and want, and make reasonable preparations and plans to fix the problems, implement useful features, and create the integration points for working properly with third party systems like Nexus and Hudson. While there have been many new feature requests — and we have many new features done or in the works — the number one concern is backward compatibility. Maven 3.x makes an ardent attempt to be 100% backward compatible with Maven 2.x. All your Maven 2.x builds should work out of the box using 3.x without change to your projects. We simply can’t cause pain to the existing user base. We are very cognizant that even small changes can have a huge impact and so we have tried achieve complete Maven 2.x fidelity with Maven 3.x.

There were days when UML tools were expensive and only few commercial ones were available. But, now the market is flooded with several commercial and opensource uml tools. While choice is good, but too much choice is also bad. It has become difficult to evaluate and select the best one. In this article I present my handpicked collection of best open source UML tools.

A new set of Javascript tools from Google. Links in the article.

Firefox 4.0 is not due to be released for well over another yeah but mock-ups of the premier open-source browser’s proposed visual refresh as it will look on Linux have been mocked-up and shown off today. Version 4 will see a raft of major new features and improvements – not least of which is the refined interface above. This will see the addition of : -

One of my favorite open source tools for Java/J2EE applications is the Cron Job scheduling tool Quartz. Anyone whose ever administered Linux or a web server is probably familiar with creating and modifying cron jobs. What I like about Quartz is that its simple to use, works in both Java and J2EE server-based applications, and is easy to install.

Bundle a light version Java SE 6 runtime with your app to avoid dependency on public JRE while maintaining compatibility and keeping the download size small.

.Net 4 is looking more and more attractive. I absolutely loved and at the same time was jealous of the LINQ feature in .Net. Now with PLINQ (Parallel LINQ) it just become so attractive that it's almost illegal. At least that's how I see it compared to the language features in Java, which hasn't changed since 1.5.

The open source WebKit browser just got some new developer tools and upgrades. WebKit's latest Nightly Builds include a new Web Inspector, Storage Panel, and Sidebar Pane called Event Listeners. Safari, Chrome, and the Palm WebOS browser all use the WebKit browser engine.

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Mockingbird is an online tool that makes it easy for you to create, link together, preview, and share mockups of your website or application.

The second milestone release of MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench 8.0 is built to support Eclipse Galileo and delivers the first debugger for Internet Explorer versions 6, 7, and 8 that can remotely debug deployed applications. MyEclipse 8.0 M2 also includes support for the the Eclipse Web Tools Platform (WTP) project structure so that enterprises standardized on WTP can comply with corporate mandates.

It's amazing to see version four of a browser which has only been available for a little over a year. Compare that to Firefox, which took over six years to reach 3.6. Perhaps it's just super smart marketing, or perhaps Chrome is putting an enormous amount of energy into the browser wars.

Morning train ride is always a nice ride for me as I start fresh and my mind is ready for another jam packed action, so I fired up my laptop and was reading one of the article I’ve opened on my browser tab. The title was Maven: Throwing Out the Bath Water, Keeping the Baby. The article touches about the pain of Maven and how Howard (the article’s author)

A growing number of CSS meta-frameworks provide support for mixins. While CSS mixins provide a number of benefits, for me, they come with trade-offs.

The first official Lucid Imagination training in Europe will take place in Amsterdam on 30th November. This 3 days instructor led training will introduce you to the world of Solr and the development of open source enterprise search solutions.

In this quick tutorial we discuss a useful example of integrating a distributed and clustered key value storage platform for our paste data. We go through how to setup the cluster, using it in your application and rebuilding our generated lists for history if the container dies.

See how the upcoming Excelsior JET 7.0 can help you turn standalone JavaFX application into a native executable and ship it as a conventional Windows installer without dependency on the JRE or the JavaFX Runtime.