In this article by Alfonso Romero, we will learn how to configure NetBeans, VirtualBox and the Turnkey LAMP Appliance to develop complex PHP applications in a virtual environment. This article explains the process of creating a virtual machine, configuring the NetBeans PHP IDE, and managing a WordPress project with NetBeans in a step wise manner.

In this article we will introduce Hibernate, which is the de facto standard object-relational mapping framework for Java applications. The Hibernate galaxy is quite large and needs a book of its own to be fully explored. Our mission will be to take over one sector of this galaxy, especially where Hibernate applications are managed by JBoss AS.

This article outlines the 13 reasons why Java programmers should learn Flex and BlazeDS. It talks about why Flex with BlazeDS is one of the best choices for developing rich Internet applications (RIAs)—from highly interactive websites to enterprise applications with Java back ends. Most importantly, it shows the high return on investment (ROI) that this combination provides, both for developers and for enterprises.

ou might be familiar with profiles, but did you know that you can use them in Maven to execute specific behaviors in different environments? This installment in the 5 things series looks beyond Maven's build features, and even its basic tools for managing the project life cycle, delivering five tips that will improve the productivity and ease with which you manage applications in Maven.

Some Java™ tools defy categorization and are frequently collected under the rubric of "things that work." This installment of 5 things offers up a collection of tools you'll be glad to have, even if you end up storing them in your kitchen drawer.

Ajax applications driven by asynchronous server-side events can be tricky to implement and difficult to scale. This article shows an effective approach: The Comet pattern allows you to push data to clients, and Jetty 6's Continuations API lets your Comet application scale to a large number of clients. You can conveniently take advantage of both Comet and Continuations with the Reverse Ajax technology in Direct Web Remoting 2.

Billy McCafferty presents S#arp Architecture, an ASP.NET MVC framework meant to leverage current best practices in architecting ASP.NET web applications.

Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript + XML) programming techniques are increasingly dominating the world of Web application development. New developers are stepping into the world of Ajax development every day, and they come from disparate development backgrounds. Part 1 of this multipart series gives you a cheat sheet of Ajax development resources from an expert team of Ajax developers at IBM®. The authors draw from their own ramp-up experiences to help you with practical information that will put you on a fast track to effective Ajax development.

This article presents a software testing maturity model, similar to a software process maturity model that is familiar to many software engineers. The process model adapts well to automated software testing because effective software verification and validation programs grow out of development programs that are well planned, executed, managed, and monitored. A good software test program cannot stand alone; it must be an integral part of the software development process.

Google provides an interesting and easy-to-use open source alternative for developing unit tests to validate C/C++ based software. This article introduces readers to some of the more useful features of the Google C++ Testing Framework and is based on version 1.4 of the release