Jeff Cogswell

Designer Library The Designer includes a section called the Library from which you can drag some predefined components or your own components, as well as from the Foundry, where you find all the available components. You simply drag the components onto the canvas. Properties When you click on your component, you can open up its […]

The SnapLogic Cloud Integration Platform Spring 12 release adds real-time data-flow analysis, component validation and debug tracing to the data-connection platform. I recommend this tool if you need to do regular data processing and data conversion. eWEEK Labs tests showed that the SnapLogic Spring 12 release proved capable of snapping together on-premise or cloud-based applications […]

When I reviewed the first version of Intel’s Parallel Studio last year, it was already a solid tool for enhancing applications to take advantage of parallel processing across multiple CPU cores. The latest version of the product, which became available following last month’s Intel Developer Conference, has grown better still at enabling developers to make […]

So far this summer there’s been an eclipse for every audience: a big-screen edition for fans of teen horror movies, a total eclipse for Easter Island-based sky watchers and, for those of us with our attention trained on the application development world, a major new platform release from the Eclipse Foundation. Eclipse 3.6, which arrived […]

When Google Apps Scripts was first introduced, about a year ago, it was available only to premium members. Then in January, Google made a majority of the features, such as classes for accessing the contact list, classes for accessing the folders, and classes for manipulating the spreadsheets down to the cell level (like what you […]

Microsoft’s flagship product for developers, Visual Studio 2010, represents a substantial improvement over Visual Studio 2008, with enhancements to the tool’s core functionality and its handling of ASP.NET, C#, C++ and VB. What’s more, along with the VS 2010 release Microsoft has updated .NET Framework to Version 4. All told, I’m very pleased with the […]

Alpha Five v10 Eases Web App Building with Codeless AJAX By Jeff Cogswell AJAX Grids Creating Web-based, AJAX-powered grids is a snap in Alpha Five v10. Included Controls Log-in controls, dialogs and navigation controls are also included. Create a Grid To create a grid, you can start with either a template or a blank grid. […]

Alpha Five Version 10, the latest version from Alpha Software, lets you create Web-based database applications using Codeless AJAX technology. The Alpha Five v10 Developer version sells for $349.00 (with a free 30-day trial), and the Alpha Five v10 Application Server is $599. You can purchase both for $799. Alpha Five is a database development […]

Open-Source MonoDevelop 2.2 IDE Does Windows Open-Source MonoDevelop 2.2 IDE Does WindowsBy Jeff Cogswell No Title MonoDevelop has several project types available that you can choose from when creating a new solution. In this case I’m creating a new ASP.NET Web application. No Title When you create a new project, you have several additional options […]

When I first reviewed MonoDevelop in June of 2009, I focused on the IDE running under Ubuntu Linux. At the time, some developers had been working on porting MonoDevelop to Windows, but the project wasn’t complete. But now it is. With the release of Version 2.2, MonoDevelop is now officially supported on Windows. And it […]