Tools for the software development lifecycle, or SDLC, moved to the forefront in 2008. For this Year in Review feature, tools expert John Ferguson Smart homes in on what’s new and improved about his ...

Formal code review is beneficial for many reasons -- but it consumes a lot of resources. Agile, iterative and automated development processes make formal code review difficult, if not impossible.

The new release, Eclipse 3.0, includes significant improvements for building Java desktop applications and a host of developer usability enhancements, developers on the project said Tuesday. Eclipse 3 ...