[TechRepublic] 10 skills to focus on in 2012

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10 skills for developers to focus on in 2012 Quick: Throw out last year's list of must-learn dev skills -- it's already obsolete. This new list will help you rethink your skill set to avoid falling behind. Read more Resource of the day Live Webcast: Is 2012 the Year of the Cloud? Then It's Also the Year of Google Apps Check out this live webcast from Google. You'll learn all about Google Apps, how it works within the cloud, and what it can do for your business. Tune to learn more. Developer news: NetBeans 7.1, Zend Server 5.6, WebMatrix 2 beta Justin James highlights Iron Speed for mobile, PHP vs. Ruby vs. Python, NYC's high school for programmers, HTML5 canvas tag tutorial, and more. Read more Raven DB, a database alternative for .NET developers Raven DB makes it easy to embrace a relational database management system alternative in your .NET applications. Get a feel for Raven DB and how it works with data. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Android workshops coming to AU/NZ Google will be staging a series of workshops for accomplished Android developers from next week. Read more Untested buggy UEFI headed for prime-time A leading Linux kernel developer says UEFI is big, bloated and bad for Linux. Read more Google Chrome Developer Tools: Elements Panel Ryan Boudreaux offers a detailed look at how you can use the Google Chrome developer tools' Elements Panel to study and experiment with code on websites of your choice. Read more Visual Studio gets achievements Gamification for coding has hit the big time as Microsoft's Channel 9 releases Visual Studio Achievements Beta. Read more Use the good-looking PHP documentation There are few people who would claim that the standard PHP API-documentation website is nice to look at, but there is a better version baking that you can use today. Read more 10 ways to stall out your IT career If you really want to see your IT career take off, make sure you don't get derailed by these common mistakes. Read more Featured multimedia   Hands-on with the Alienware x51 slim tower (photos) A quick going-over with the new Alienware x51 slim tower gaming desktop. View on site Featured Webcast Live Webcast: Security and Google Apps If you're considering switching from on-site to cloud-based technologies, but you're concerned about security allow this webcast to comfort you. You'll see why the cloud is more secure than you think. Today's recommended downloads Live Webcast: Is 2012 the Year of the Cloud? Then It's Also the Year of Google Apps (TechRepublic) Live Webcast: IT Consumerization and Google Apps (TechRepublic) Blade Servers: Easier Management, Better Power Usage and Quicker ROI (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) S5 Matrix: Building the Enterprise Cloud (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) Data Center Design for Cloud Computing: Technology for Tomorrow's Cloud (Intel Corporation) Connect with TechRepublic Does your website ROT? Ryan Boudreaux explains why ROT (redundant, outdated, trivial) content is bad for your website and provides some tips to get rid of it. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! TechRepublic Australia Wrapper Web Designer The Enterprise Cloud Tablets in the Enterprise Google in the Enterprise App Builder 10 Things

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