Parasoft has announced the new release of Parasoft C++test, an integrated solution for automating a broad range of best practices proven to increase software development team productivity and software quality for C and C++. In this new release, Parasoft significantly expands the scope of C++test with the introduction of integrated runtime memory analysis that is suitable for both enterprise and embedded development. Read more…

It was earlier reported that Oracle would be killing Sun’s Project Kenai. However the Kenai closure is now being projected as more of a migration to java.net. So all projects on Kenai will survive just that they would now be on Java.net Read more…

Spring’s support for scripting languages allows you to extend your Java applications with beans defined in a scripting language, such as Groovy. Spring container transparently instantiates, configure and dependency injects the beans across these supported languages. Beans defined in a scripting language like Groovy come with some handy advantages such as ability to “refresh” the already loaded Groovy classes when the underlying source files change. Read more…

The Symbian platform, which has been developed over more than 10 years and has shipped in more than 330 million devices around the world, is now completely open and the source code is available for free. Read more…

Oracle today released Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse 11g, a free set of plug-ins that enable developers to build Java EE and Web Services applications for the Oracle Fusion Middleware platform. It supports development with technologies including Database, Java SE, Java EE, Web Services, XML, and the Spring Framework. Read more…

Today’s Oracle – Sun webcast covered Oracle’s plans for Java & other Sun technologies post acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle. While the twitter hashtag #oraclesun is a good place to find info & opinions on Oracle + Sun, there’s also a lot of not so useful stuff there. Read more…