July, 2008

Ballmer calls for push on Windows application development

By Andrew Horne In a leaked internal e-mail following the unexpected departure of executive Kevin Johnson, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer outlined company objectives for the year ahead: growth of Windows,...

ASP.NET Ajax Roundtable

The Ajax interface has proved an interesting animal. Many people trace asynchronous JavaScript use back to Microsoft's early Outlook Web clients, but it was not promoted by Microsoft much until open-source AJAX [for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML] as used by Google became popular about three...

I’m an Agilist and I’m Ok, right?

SearchSoftwareQuality.com survey on Agile processes is out. The Web site asked its readers a series of questions on team-oriented development issues.

The take-away: Requirements gathering is still hard; waterfall methods are still as prominent as Agile methods; and Use Cases are here to...