.NET

Training Perspective

Sun adds to open-source Java IDE roster

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By By Jacques Surveyer
September 01, 2004

Java as a programming language requires very good design skills. .NET programmers know this as well because C# and VB.NET are built on the same single-inheritance strictly class-oriented programming model as Java. It starts off simple but as the number of classes grows it can become quite complex with intricate dependencies. more >

Logistics Providers Ready RFID Services

InformationWeek
By By Laurie Sullivan
June 28, 2004

DHL Solutions expands RFID service to help customers across Europe with deployments European customers of DHL Solutions' logistics service now can call on the company to handle their radio-frequency identification tagging requirements. DHL this month expanded to companies across Europe its TagFIT RFID service which it had been offering only to Metro AG's top 100 suppliers to help them meet the retailer's RFID-compliance mandate. more >

Take your pick: Business processes or Bangalore

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By By David Chappell
June 01, 2004

June 1 2004 Categories: JE TR Business processes matter. And two of today’s biggest trends offshoring and Service-Oriented Architectures (SOAs) will soon make them matter even more to software professionals. My guess is that over the next few years many people working in IT will face a simple choice. One option is to get involved with business processes in a much more explicit way. The other? Pack your bags and move to Bangalore India because that is where your job is going to go. more >

Wanted: A brain the size of a planet

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By By Mike Gunderloy
April 30, 2004

I recently took the beta versions of Microsoft's upcoming Application Security exams on the MCAD.NET/MCSD.NET track (70-330 for VB .NET and 70-340 for C#). They were to be frank brutal. I've been taking MS certification exams for more than a decade now (isn't it time to retire yet?) and usually I leave the test center knowing that I passed. This time around I was wrung out and I'm still not sure what the score report will say when it comes back in a month or two. more >

Maturing Java Gives Developers a Respite

Computerworld
By Alan Zeichick of SD Times
January 03, 2003

Java is a mature technology. In the eyes of many enterprises J2SE and J2EE are reasonably well-understood specifications with well-established brand names. Experienced Java programmers are readily available. And while few businesses are building or deploying applications on the embedded version of Java J2ME the technology has gained an early lead in the mobile device market with deeper and broader penetration than the handheld-centric Windows CE and Palm OS. more >