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Archive: 06-2012

• Amazon brings NoSQL to the masses with DynamoDB

  Amazon’s new cloud offering called DynamoDB overcomes some of the scaling limitations of SimpleDB. Learn more about the DynamoDB NoSQL system.

  Posted by Tony Patton | June 27, 2012, 7:06 AM PDT

• Poll: Have you worked with NoSQL databases?

  Justin James hears good things about developing against NoSQL systems, but he hasn’t used such a database yet. Have you?

  Posted by Justin James | June 25, 2012, 12:40 PM PDT

• Poll: Do you feel ready for mobile development?

  Software Engineer readers, take this poll to let us know whether you feel comfortable doing mobile development.

  Posted by Justin James | June 18, 2012, 3:21 PM PDT

• Two-way data binding in Windows 8

  Justin James explores two-way data binding, which allows your UI to make changes to the data without needing to know the specifics of the data.

  Posted by Justin James | June 18, 2012, 10:17 AM PDT

• TechEd 2012: Microsoft's new flexible and open strategy

  Tony Patton’s TechEd 2012 overview covers Microsoft’s support for open source projects and tech, Windows Azure, Linux, Hadoop, disparaging remarks about IE, and more.

  Posted by Tony Patton | June 13, 2012, 12:02 PM PDT

• Modern .NET data binding basics, part 1

  Since Windows 8 is adopting Metro and XAML, it’s a good time for developers to learn the basics about data binding.

  Posted by Justin James | June 12, 2012, 8:12 AM PDT

• Move code to the cloud with Cloud9

  Cloud9 is a cross-platform development environment that allows you to build applications in your browser. See if this IDE fits your needs.

  Posted by Tony Patton | June 11, 2012, 9:22 AM PDT

• Modernizer enables HTML5 on older browsers

  Modernizr allows developers to start using HTML5 today with a high degree of compatibility even on older browsers.

  Posted by Justin James | June 7, 2012, 2:43 PM PDT

• Poll: Does developing 'native' apps in HTML make sense?

  Justin James thinks using HTML to develop Metro apps for Windows 8 feels like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. What do you think about developing “native” apps in HTML?

  Posted by Justin James | June 5, 2012, 7:59 AM PDT