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Microsoft has just announced the details of its plans for building the .NET runtime and .NET class libraries into its new Silverlight, cross-platform, cross-browser Rich Internet Application (RIA) platform. It’s an important announcement. The devil is in the detail with all this stuff, and from what Microsoft’s Scott Guthrie has said, I [...]
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again - WPF/E could be massive for Microsoft. However, as is the case with many things, the devil is in the detail. And my assertion is that, whether or not it turns out a success depends critically on how well they execute on the “E” in [...]
Back in January of this year, I wrote that graphical IDEs were, after many years, finally ready for use by top talent developers. Over the last few months, we’ve been doing a lot of development work in both Java and C#.NET. In terms of IDEs, we’ve been using Netbeans 5.5 for Java, and [...]
Microsoft has invented developed a new image format - called Windows Media Photo. From a quick glance, it looks pretty good (check out the nice work that Bill Crow, Microsoft’s Program Manager for Windows Media Photo, is doing on his blog). I’m more than a little interested in image formats at [...]
Java is a great platform, and a great language. In fact, as I’ve said before, it’s my overall favourite programming language. Particular strengths are Java’s many and varied APIs. And, as Tim Bray points out, the Java community is really paying attention to developer productivity in the face of stiff competition - [...]