a good programmer will take a frequently recurring, monotonous task (like testing) and instead of doing it by hand, will instead write a piece of code once that will do the task for them, thereby automating it for future use. ^{link »}

A round-up of eight promising mashup tools ^{link »}

Above All Software’s Above All Studio is one of the most interesting software assembly tools I’ve seen so far in the enterprise space.  ^{link »}

Dapper is an impressive new online mashup tool that takes the concept to the extreme, making it possible to convert and reuse just about any source of information on the Web, including that in plain old HTML. ^{link »}

DataMashups.com is a new highly Web-centric mashup tool that I covered recently because of its extreme user friendliness and compelling Apple Hypercard-like development model, complete with a WYSIWYG "edit" mode.  ^{link »}

JackBe’s JackBuilder product is a browser-based mashup tool with an enterprise bent and is intended to deliver on a vision JackBe calls Rich Enterprise Applications or REAs.  ^{link »}

Nexaweb’s aRex is an intriguing addition to this list because it’s more of an OpenLaszlo or Flex competitor in the RIA space than a real mashup tool. ^{link »}

Procession’s Process Engine and Process Designer is a serious task-oriented enterprise mashup product. ^{link »}

RatchetSoft is system integrator and composite application/mashup vendor and their Ratchet-X Studio product is a medium-weight solution to the rapid application integration problem. ^{link »}

RSSBus is a brand-new mashup tool that focuses on that ubiquitous Web syndication protocol that just about every modern Web site in the world provides content and notifications through. ^{link »}

ProgrammableWeb maintains the best up-to-date API directory of the Internet’s Global SOA currently available (272 APIs as of today) ^{link »}

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