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Google Form Builder
This one slipped me by - Google have introduced as part of Google Docs an online form builder. You can edit and build all sorts of forms with different form elements, and then embed the forms in emails and webpages.
What is really cool is that the form submissions are then collated in a Google spreadsheet [...]
Switching to Dynamic Languages
Travis Jensen details his dynamic language shootout when going through the process of switching what they code their user interfaces in.
In the end, these are the features that we felt were most important: the interaction between Java and the selected language, the IDE support, the learning curve, existing web frameworks, and the existing community support [...]
The future of XML
The Future of XML
DOM is a millstone around XML’s neck. It’s the single biggest
impediment to broader XML adoption in software development. XML has
gone as far as it can in programming while dragging this 2,000-pound
boat anchor behind it.
Interesting article, with a nice summary of the history of XML.
Groovy
Some interesting snippets on Groovy, Rails needs Components, RIA Frameworks compared and faster WebTest (via Raible Designs). Interesting comment from one of the commenters who says:
Until Groovy stops being a random grab-bag of semi-coherent features and develops into a well-defined language with a spec, it’s not going to challenge Java in any domain other than [...]
Lotus Notes 8.5 to fully support Ubuntu Linux 7
Lotus Notes 8.5 to fully support Ubuntu Linux 7.
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