developerWorks is resource by IBM for software developers. It contains a large number of how-to articles and tutorials, as well as software downloads and code samples, discussion forums, podcasts, blogs, wikis, and other resources for developers and technical professionals. Subjects range from open, industry-standard technologies like Java, Linux, SOA and web services, web development, Ajax, PHP, and XML to IBM's products (WebSphere, Rational, Lotus, Tivoli and DB2). Microsoft's MSDN is a similar site (though it focuses mostly on Microsoft products and lacks the concentration on technology-focused content and resources). now. ... A software developer is a programmer who is concerned with one or more facets of the software development process, a somewhat broader scope of computer programming. ... Java is an object-oriented programming language developed by James Gosling and colleagues at Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s. ... Linux (also known as GNU/Linux) is a Unix-like computer operating system. ... This section does not cite its references or sources. ... A web service is a collection of protocols and standards used for exchanging data between applications. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Ajax, shorthand for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, is a web development technique for creating interactive web applications. ... PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a reflective programming language originally designed for producing dynamic Web pages. ... The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a W3C-recommended general-purpose markup language for creating special-purpose markup languages, capable of describing many different kinds of data. ... WebSphere refers to a brand of proprietary IBM software products, although the term also popularly refers to one specific product: WebSphere Application Server (WAS). ... Rational Software was an independent software development company until 2003, when it was bought by IBM. It sought to advance its customers practice of Modern Software Engineering through process, tools, and services. ... Lotus Software (called Lotus Development Corporation before its acquisition by IBM) is an American software company with its headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... Tivoli Software [1] is the systems management brand of the IBM Software Group. ... DB2 is IBMs line of RDBMS (or, as IBM now calls it, data server) software products within IBMs broader Information Management software line. ... The Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... The Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) is the portion of Microsoft responsible for managing the firms relationship with developers. ...

Launched in 1999, developerWorks has grown to serve nearly 5.5 million registered users as of September 2006.^[1] It has been praised as "a developer's paradise" and "perhaps the best place to get hang of technologies such as Linux, Java, XML and even Wireless," and has won various awards, including the 2004 Jolt Product Excellence Award in the "Web Sites and Developer Networks" category.

IBM also has a resource called alphaWorks, which is about emerging technologies. alphaWorks won the 2003 Jolt Product Excellence Award in the "Web Sites and Developer Networks" category. alphaWorks is IBMs emerging technology portal. It is a web community for early adopters to preview and collaborate on prototype technology from IBM Research labs. ...

developerWorks offers local sites in China, Japan, Korea, and Russia. These sites incorporate translations of English content as well as many original articles by local authors. See the developerWorks country page for links to all of the developerWorks local sites.

References

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External links

• developerWorks
• developerWorks forums
• developerWorks blogs
• developerWorks podcasts
• developerWorks downloads (product trials, technologies, updates and fixes)
• developerWorks technical events and webcasts
• developerWorks country page

• alphaWorks