(Editor's Note: For the first part in this series, please click here.) The craftsman and his tools are often intimately connected. And that's as valid a statement for the coder as for the cabinetmaker ...

Borland Software on Tuesday will announce an upgrade to its JBuilder IDE. But the future of the commercial IDE market is clouded, with Eclipse providing base technologies for free. Shipping in ...

From a simple platform for beginners to an expert-level development workbench, there's an IDE for most every Pythonista. The current state of IDEs built for Python is an embarrassment of riches. Seven ...

(Editor's Note: For the second part in this series, please click here.) It takes the right tools to do the job right. When it comes to writing code, it's important to consider both the needs of the ...