Apple Now Taking Devs iPad App Store Submissions
By Andy Patrizio | Mobile/Wireless Article Published March 20, 2010
Developers have been notified that if they want to have their app ready for launch day, they have to keep to a short deadline. How much time do they have?
Tags: Apple, developers, app store, iPad, Apple iPad

Are Developer Certifications Worthless?
By Eric Spiegel | Columns Article Published March 15, 2010
Some developers disdain IT certifications, yet in a tight job market they can make all the difference. A veteran project manager talks about his experience with a team of developers.
Tags: programmer salary, developers, IT certifications, certification, Certifications

Tech Comics: "Real Geeks"
By Oliver Widder | News Article Published February 19, 2010
Unlike normal people, geeks -- the real ones -- have very few needs as they work for hours on end.
Tags: programmers, tech comics, developers, geek

Dealing with Unaccountable Developers
By Eric Spiegel | Features Article Published February 15, 2010
It's an IT manager's dilemma: Developers who can’t make deadlines can be very nice people, but the fact remains that they cause some very serious problems for the development team.
Tags: IT management, IT management job, developers, development, Project management

Microsoft, Intuit Merge Cloud Platforms
By Larry Barrett | Networks Article Published January 21, 2010
Microsoft finds another place for its cloud-based productivity apps and developers will have more options to develop applications for its Quickbooks software.
Tags: Intuit, Microsoft, cloud computing, developers, cloud services

Are There Enough Smart Developers for Google?
By Eric Spiegel | Smart IT Article Published January 18, 2010
Maybe, maybe not, but either way, there is more than one for a software developer to be smart.
Tags: Google, programmers, programmer salary, IT Jobs/Salary, developers

Are You a Blue Collar or White Collar Developer?
By Eric Spiegel | Smart IT Article Published November 15, 2009
Among software developers these differences aren’t always discussed, yet the differences are real – or are they?
Tags: software, programmers, IT Jobs/Salary, developers

Are Software Developers Naturally Weird?
By Eric Spiegel | Smart IT Article Published October 18, 2009
Looking back at the strange software developer he’s worked with, one veteran coder asks the obvious question.
Tags: software, IT, developer salary, developers

Tech Comics: "Programmers are Artists"
Features Article Published September 25, 2009
Software developers can use code to accomplish more than the building of great applications.
Tags: Facebook, iPhone, OS X, open source, developers

Why Developers Get Fired
By Eric Spiegel | Careers/Staffing Article Published September 20, 2009
There are many reasons developers get fired. So take off the ear buds, close down your 20 Skype threads and take some time to think about what you can do to prevent this from happening to you.
Tags: management, programmer salary, developer salary, developers

Developers' Online Competition: Career Builder?
By David Needle | Careers/Staffing Article Published September 16, 2009
A new service enables developers to compete with one, game style, another to see who knows more. Could this lead to a better gig?
Tags: programming, management, developer salary, developers

Free/Open Source's Key Programming Languages
By Akkana Peck | Open Source Article Published July 02, 2009
Take a look at the most frequently used development languages for free software.
Tags: Mozilla, Firefox, Linux, programming language, developers

Finding The Coding Zone: Your Perfect Trifecta?
By Eric Spiegel | Applications Article Published May 17, 2009
What perfect list of conditions enables you to write your best possible software code?
Tags: software, programmers, developers

Where's Your Coding Happy Place?
By Eric Spiegel | Features Article Published April 20, 2009
Developing software code is an activity best done in an optimal environment. Then again, is it more a question of external location, or internal mood?
Tags: software, management, programmers, developers

When Developers Drink On The Job
By Eric Spiegel | Columns Article Published April 07, 2009
When a developer drinks or does drugs on the job, there’s a right way and a wrong way to deal with it.
Tags: IT, developers, careers

Bruce Perens: Is Open Source Capitalist or Communist?
By Bruce Perens | Open Source Article Published March 08, 2009
The various camps of open source developers, and the companies involved, may be disdainful or worse toward each other, but in fact all partners are needed for a healthy ecosystem.
Tags: Mozilla, Linux, open source, Red Hat, developers

Why Offshoring Software Development Will Fail
By John Miano | Columns Article Published November 12, 2008
Despite the faddish enthusiasm for sending software development overseas, cultural and logistic factors limit its real value.
Tags: programming, software, management, offshoring IT, developers

Are Cocky Developers Worth It?
By Eric Spiegel | Applications Article Published September 16, 2008
Sure, he can code circles around the other developers, but that attitude…
Tags: software, management, IT, developers

Natural Programmers (Code Monkeys) vs. Career Programmers (Geeks in Suits)
By Sara J. Chipps | Careers/Staffing Article Published May 29, 2008
To hire the most appropriate talent for your software development job, you must first understand the ethic of the Code Monkey.
Tags: software, management, applications, programmers, developers

Business Logic vs. Free Software Idealism
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published May 23, 2008
For some time now, business and free software have coexisted relatively peacefully. But in recent months this cooperation has shown signs of becoming strained.
Tags: Microsoft, Linux, open source, Windows, developers