The latest release of Eclipse brings client access to Eclipse Marketplace from within the IDE and some worthwhile JavaScript-related features

Google's scripting add-on for Google Apps enables users to create macros, much like the macros used to extend Microsoft's desktop-based Office products

Microsoft's Visual Studio development software gains enhancements to its core functionality and its handling of ASP.NET, C#, C++ and VB

Salesforce.com's Eclipse plugin for targeting the company's Force.com platform provides seamless development for organisations aiming for the cloud

Google's new language, Go, is fully compiled in the vein of C++, but includes many types and constructs that make it more similar to something like Python or JavaScript.

Amazon wants to make it easy for developers to get their apps on its cloud platform, Amazon Web Services - so it has a tool for the Eclipse development environment

Integration with the Kenai open-source collaboration site along with many new features makes the latest version of NetBeans IDE seem like a full upgrade

Ten years in the making, Javascript 5 doesn't break new ground but contains useful enhancements.

The Mono Migration Analyser tool: is it really necessary? eWEEK Labs puts MoMA through its paces.

If the merger goes ahead, IBM will have to make choices: Which database, which directory, and which virtualisation technology?