Xamarin now claims to be the only cross-platform mobile development vendor that allows for native iOS and Android app creation in both C# and Java, having acquired technology for the latter language ...

The collections of tools assembled on these foundations vary significantly from vendor to vendor. I chose tool suites that include modeling, substantial Web integration, and J2EE support — important ...

Before the Java language was known as Java, it was called Oak—a language for building embedded applications on smart consumer electronics. However, the idea of networked smart devices everywhere was ...

Developing software for, or running software on, more than one type of hardware platform. The most universal cross platform application is the Web browser. Written for every desktop computer and ...

Oracle is augmenting its Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) to allow developers to create mobile applications for Apple and Android devices. The advantage the newly released ADF Mobile ...

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The announcements come as Sun gears up for a major Sun ONE software launch--including a new version of its Sun ONE Application Server and an integrated software platform--on June 19 in San Francisco.