[TechRepublic] Why it's a great time to be a developer

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10 reasons why this is a great time to be a developer After a long stretch of stagnation, the developer field is starting to open up -- in a number of interesting, groundbreaking ways. Read more Resource of the day Minimize Costs and Risks for Your Mid-Size Business There are many new capabilities available to help solve information technology challenges. But, their cost and complexity can easily become challenges in their own right. Learn how to minimize the costs and risks with help from IBM. Additional TechRepublic resources   Developer news: JMeter, qTrace, betabait, Amazon CloudFront Justin James highlights stories about PHP 5.4 RC3, Visual Studio 11 improvements, JetBrain's YouTrack InCloud, asynchronous sockets, and more. Read more Australia to lead IE6/7 sunsetting Automatic upgrading of Internet Explorer is coming to a desktop near you in 2012. Read more Microsoft opens up Messenger with XMPP access An XMPP interface has been exposed for Windows Live Messenger, allowing standards-compliant communication clients to make use of the MSN protocol. Read more Try these languages in your browser If you want to learn a new programming language, its possible to get a small taste by visiting one of these websites before you start creating a new development environment. Read more Use Web services to separate concerns and for code reuse Justin James says developers who are still trying to separate concerns and perform code reuse strictly with the OOP paradigm need to reconsider things. Read more How to replace Flash and Silverlight with HTML5 Justin James discusses the five main areas where HTML5 can provide alternatives to both Flash and Silverlight web development strategies. Read more CSS3 styling for data tables Ryan Boudreaux demonstrates some of the styling for data tables that is possible with new CSS3 code. Here are two examples of code, along with explanation of the properties. Read more Porting a WP7 app to Windows 8 Justin James shows how working with native Windows 8 apps is similar to writing Windows Phone 7 apps. Find out why the UI is one of the biggest pain points of the process. Read more Is there a place for creativity in IT? The short answer to the question posed in that title is yes. Read more Featured multimedia   50 sexiest geeks in costume of 2011 TechRepublic has covered quite a few "Cons" in 2011 -- Comic Con, Gen Con, MegaCon, Dragon*Con, BlizzCon, and more. We decided to wrap up the year with a gallery dedicated to the sexiest geeks in costume. View on site Today's recommended downloads Blade Servers: Cost effective, Change-Ready Solution (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) Live Webcast: The Power Behind Data Mining & Analytics (IBM) Allocating Data Center Energy Costs and Carbon to IT Users (American Power Conversion (APC)) Data Center Project Management (American Power Conversion (APC)) Live Webcast: Complete Web Protection: 4 Strategies to Stop Threats (Sophos) Connect with TechRepublic Last-minute geeky gifts to avoid Wally Bahny thinks these geeky gifts are not worth buying because they will lose their luster after a few minutes or one use. See if you agree with his list. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! TechRepublic Australia Wrapper Web Designer The Enterprise Cloud Tablets in the Enterprise Google in the Enterprise App Builder 10 Things

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