Speed, ease of use drive developer tool evolution

摘要

Regardless of platform, enterprises are looking to build and deploy applications faster and more easily. Vendors are hearing this plea and are responding with tools that strip the complexity out of development. But what's driving the application development cycle is changing. Integration of disparate systems using Web services is becoming a deciding factor for the kind of applications being developed. This has altered the value proposition for developer tools, says David Senf, analyst with IDC Canada in Toronto.