Java tops C as most popular language in developer index

	Amazon offers mobile developers cross-platform push notifications | Outsourced software project with 6,000 pages of specs ends badly
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	Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Java has retaken the lead in this month's Tiobe index of the most popular programming languages, which now assesses more search engines to calculate the numbers. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AppDynamics In the Dark about App Performance? Get 100% visibility in just 15 minutes with AppDynamics Lite, Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with <2% overhead A performance monitoring tool for Java/.NET apps. It installs in minutes and it's free forever. Download AppDynamics Lite today. In this Issue Amazon offers mobile developers cross-platform push notifications Outsourced software project with 6,000 pages of specs ends badly Build a Windows 8 app, get a prize from Microsoft WHITE PAPER: 10gen How Apollo Group Evaluated MongoDB Apollo Group, best known as the parent company of the University of Phoenix, sought to build a cloud-based learning management platform and needed a new data store to support it. After a thorough evaluation, Apollo Group selected MongoDB for its ease of use, performance, availability, and cost effectiveness. Learn More Amazon offers mobile developers cross-platform push notifications Amazon pitches Simple Notification Service with Mobile Push as an easier way for developers to add notifications than previously has been possible. Using one API, developers can send notifications to iOS and Android-based devices, including Amazon's own Kindle Fire tablets. Read More Outsourced software project with 6,000 pages of specs ends badly A modernization of Orange County, Calif.'s tax collection system that was supposed to take three years and cost less than $8 million will cost twice that amount and take twice as long. Read More Build a Windows 8 app, get a prize from Microsoft Microsoft took another stab at boosting interest in creating apps for Windows 8 with an awards program that will hand out Xbox games and other prizes to amateur programmers. Read More
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