What platforms and tools should I use for rapid game development and prototyping? Say that I have an idea for a simple game or a game mechanic that I want to try out, what are the best tools...

What and why .apt_generated folder is created inside the Web Project within Eclipse or RAD workspace?

I've just found out Jboss Forge I wonder how it compares with Spring Roo Can anybody highlight the principal coincidences and differences of these two tools?

What are your experiences with Beta2 of Visual Lightswitch? Can it already be used for real life projects? Does anybody know, when the final (RTM) version will be out? I am very intersting in using...

When Linq-to-Sql was first released, I used it quite a lot for small and medium sized projects where a true multi-tier architecture wasn't required. NHibernate, Small Middleware, Overkill Where I...

I am currently using the Spring 3.0 framework in a websphere 6.1 environment. The IDE I am using is RAD (Rational Application Developer) 7.5. I was working on a problem last night and I found that ...

For example to create a simple form with couple of controls, doing some simple logic on them, generating a shell command or a web service call and executing it here and now, assuming that it ...

We have a set of tables and views that merely store some config data for embedded devices. this schema is change-prone and do not really required lots of logic, beyond some validation rules. so we ...

RAD tools like Clarion and WinDev claim to be 10x to 20x times faster in development and users of these tools claim the same. If that is thru, why are there so few people using these tools? i...

I'm wondering about some ideas which can improve process of designing solutions using Access and VBA programming language. Of course I'm not talking about best programming practices in genera...

I've built web sites using classic ASP, ASP.NET web forms and lately ASP.NET with ExtJS. However, I've always felt that I've had to do a lot of the heavy lifting and that there was no real RAD unti...

I'm using Rational Application Developer to create some web services. The problem I have is I follow the instructions laid out in a screen cast, however when I get to the part where I pick "JAX-WS"...

I want to develop Java apps, real quick, what IDE should I choose?

I tend to do a lot of projects on short deadlines and with lots of code that will never be used again, so there's always pressure/temptation to cut corners. One rule I always stick to is encapsulat...