integrated development environment

Picture or screenshot driven programming from the MIT.

From the Sikuli project page:

Sikuli is a visual technology to search and automate graphical user interfaces (GUI) using images (screenshots).

The first release of Sikuli contains Sikuli Script, a visual scripting API for Jython, and Sikuli IDE, an integrated development environment for writing visual scripts with screenshots easily.

Vinu Thomas has pointed out two upcoming webinars from Zend that he thought sounded interesting - one talking about development best practices and the other on troubleshooting PHP applications.

From Zend on the development best/worst practices:

Microsoft says it needs more time to address concerns with virtual memory usage in its next-generation integrated development environment.

Microsoft previewed the next generation of its popular SharePoint Server family, which will sport a new user interface, tighter integration capabilities, a cloud-based version and much-needed support for the company's Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE).

LinuxDevices: "Swedish telecom software firm Enea announced a new version of its Linux-compatible Eclipse-based integrated development environment (IDE).

Optima 2.1 adds enhanced system level debugging functionality via upgraded versions of the Enea BlackBox Recorder and Optima Log Analyzer, with a special focus on debugging multi-core and multi-processor applications, the company says."

ars Technica: "The open source Vim text editor offers a significant amount of power and flexibility, but it can be difficult to configure properly.

In this tutorial, we will show you several easy ways to make Vim behave more like a conventional integrated development environment."

The phpanywhere site boasts itself as "the easiest way to bring work with you anywhere you go - without bringing anything".

The free (still in beta) service offers online PHP editing through a web browser interface.

As part of the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Ca. today, Novell announced the availability of MonoDevelop 2.0 and Mono 2.4.

MonoDevelop 2.0 is an open source integrated development environment for programming with C# and other languages.

Mono 2.4 is the latest release of the open source, cross-platform .NET application framework that powers the SUSE Linux Enterprise Mono Extension.