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Computerworld Application/Web Development
February 11, 2008
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In this issue:
* TechNet subscribers revolt over Vista SP1 'debacle'
* Ruby on Rails routing demystified
* Microsoft buys 3-D company for Virtual Earth
* Cobra language slithers to open source
* Spring, Java platform combos eyed
* Mozilla patches 11 Firefox bugs
Computerworld Blogs:
* XenServer goes platinum
* Dumb IT
* Looking out for No. 1
* Virtual testing for IT ops
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http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2741678/1071738/98270/2/
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TechNet subscribers revolt over Vista SP1 'debacle'
IT professionals and developers who are part of TechNet and the Microsoft
Developer Network are livid over the company's decision not to give them early
copies of the release-to-manufacturing version of Vista SP1.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2741678/1071738/98271/2/
Ruby on Rails routing demystified
Rails routing isn't as hard to understand as it might first appear. In this
hands-on article, find out how to set up your own Rails routes to parse
incoming URLs exactly how you'd like.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2741678/1071738/98272/2/
Microsoft buys 3-D company for Virtual Earth
Caligari's signature tool, called trueSpace, has a user interface that makes it
easy to build complex 3-D animations, Microsoft says.
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Cobra language slithers to open source
Cobra is intended as a general-purpose language for building any type of
application, its inventor says.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2741678/1071738/98275/2/
Spring, Java platform combos eyed
Once Java EE Version 6 is released, Spring Framework's founder said, watch for
new "accommodations."
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2741678/1071738/98276/2/
Mozilla patches 11 Firefox bugs
As expected, Mozilla Corp. has released an update to Firefox that eliminates 11
vulnerabilities, including four ranked as "critical" by the software developer.
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COMPUTERWORLD BLOGS
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XenServer goes platinum
Citrix hopes its Platinum edition of XenServer will yield gold for the company
To view the rest of the blog post, click the following link.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2741678/1071738/98278/2/
Dumb IT
There's bad IT. And there's dumb IT. One major hotel chain has a pretty dumb
system for its guests.
To view the rest of the blog post, click the following link.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2741678/1071738/97312/2/
Looking out for No. 1
After months of development and testing, this pilot fish and his co-worker roll
out their Web-based application to users -- and it turns out to be almost
unusable.
To view the rest of the blog post, click the following link.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2741678/1071738/97313/2/
Virtual testing for IT ops
A virtual testing world can save IT operations from making mistakes in
production systems
To view the rest of the blog post, click the following link.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2741678/1071738/97314/2/
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