Learn to code on your iPad with new Treehouse app

Now, you’ll be able to soak in Treehouse’s coursework from just about anywhere. Lessons include everything from professionally produced instructional videos to an IDE for coding on the go.

Apple issues developer site status update: coming back soon

Apple just issued an update on its little developer site hacking issue, telling developers that its resources are coming back online and offering a system status update webpage.

One little detail is missing, however: a timetable.

Apple in China: $27B sales in the last 12 months, 500K iOS developers

“Let’s put it in perspective,” Cook told analysts and investors. “Our revenues there were $4.9 billion for the quarter … which is 14 percent of the company. A few years ago that was hundreds of millions — we’ve grown our business significantly.”

Apple responds to developer site hacker, sort of

Apple’s developer site is still down following a very public hacking attack by Ibrahim Balic last week, in which he downloaded over 100,000 developers’ private contact information. But Balic finally has what he wanted all along: recognition from Apple of his efforts.

Here are Silicon Valley’s 10 most in-demand startups

Engineers and developers are some of the first people to latch onto startups that succeed. And we trust them to pick Silicon Valley’s hottest new tech companies.

Apple’s developer website hacked, personal information ‘may have been accessed’

Apple released the information just a few moments ago in an email to registered developers, saying that sensitive emails, names, and physical addresses could have been compromised, and that it took the website down on Thursday to prevent any further damage.

PHP exploding on Google App Engine: ‘It’s amazing, and we didn’t anticipate this’

For years, developers asked Google to enable PHP on App Engine. In May of this year Google finally relented, and the most-requested language for Google App Engine is becoming one of the most popular languages on Google cloud offerings.

Developer company Xamarin raises $16M, claims 350K dev users

The $16 million round was led by Lead Edge Capital with participation from previous investors Charles River Ventures, Ignition Partners, and Floodgate.

FoundationDB marries NoSQL & SQL with Akiban acquisition

“The big story has always been to build a really strong bottom layer that can expose different data models,” said founder Nick Lavezzo. The most important layer was SQL, the Holy Grail on the team’s docket of things to do.

New Relic now lets you make plug-ins for any kind of data you’ve got

Want to plug database and caching stats into your New Relic dash? No problem, thanks to a new API and two SDKs (Ruby and Java) as well as a UI builder to keep your dashboard clean and your process fast.

Apple iWork for iCloud beta (gallery)

Despite the fact that iWork for iCloud is in beta, everything feels solid, complete, and fast.

Linux creates scholarship for developer do-gooders and women

It’s interesting to see the Linux Foundation focusing specifically on women and socially-conscious developers in particular. This focus mirrors some of the most interesting trends in development in the real world.