The NetBeans Open Source Story bi13752012 One of the most interesting places where open source and Java technology overlap a little integrated development environment (IDE) known as NetBeans. NetBeans' path to open-sourcedom was a circuitous one

Visual Studio Gets Achievements, Badges, Leaderboards bi13752012 bonch writes "Microsoft has introduced a gamification plugin for Studio that lets users win achievements and badges as they compete on leaderboards by writing code. The full list of achievements includes gems like 'Go To Hell' for using goto, and 'Potty Mouth' for using five different curses one file. This another example of Gamification, one of the latest trends to hit social media ..

Microsoft keeps old-school a pricey text adventure game, Visual Studi bi13752012 Microsoft has jumped onto the free-to-play bandwagon latest game, a text-driven adventure called Studio 2010 . The innovative new game marries the traditional interactive fiction text adventure arcane commands and exploration the free-form, open-ended gaming pioneered by the likes of SimCity. There are two major modes to the game, a textual spell-casting game, and a ..

Microsoft adds Achievements to Visual Studio software bi13752012 Get ready your "slow news day?" comments, because Microsoft has introduced an Achievement system to Studio programming environment and indeed a news story highlighting that fact. Achievements were originally introduced Xbox 360, but quickly popped up all sorts of other applications from other outfits. From iOS Game Center and PlayStation 3 Trophies to World of ..

Visual Studio gets achievements bi13752012 Gamification for coding has hit the big time as Microsoft's Channel 9 releases Studio Achievements Beta

Microsoft gamifies Visual Studio achievements bi13752012 Microsoft has added gamification elements to Studio development tools, enabling developers to unlock achievements and compete on leaderboards to see who writes the most sophisticated code. The Studio Achievements plug-in, has launched as an open beta, awards users badges based on the code that they write, and the features of Studio that are used. Microsoft ..

Microsoft Visual Studio brings Gamification to app development bi13752012 So you?re the sort of person who works best you know there?s a reward at the end of the battle ? or better yet, you do best when you know you?re competing against someone else for the biggest amount of stars, goals, or flags ? you?re luck you?re a developer working to []..

Generate an Azure VM role service package using Visual Studio bi13752012 John Joyner details the steps of producing a working VM role the Azure public cloud

DevExpress Announces DXv2 - Next Generation of Developer Tools bi13752012 DevExpress Announces DXv2 - Next Generation of Developer Tools..

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Master version control Git bi13752012 With Git creeping ahead as the version control software of choice, now?s the time to get to grips it. Github?s Scott Chacon explains how..

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Syncfusion Partners Microsoft® BizSpark® and WebsiteSparkTM Programs bi13752012 RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Syncfusion partners Microsoft BizSpark and WebsiteSpark programs - offering complimentary ASP.NET MVC UI controls and support to program members

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