IBM DeveloperWorks

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developerWorks is a website run by IBM for software developers and IT professionals. It contains a large number of how-to articles and tutorials, as well as software downloads and code samples, discussion forums, podcasts, blogs, wikis, and other resources for developers and technical professionals. Subjects range from open, industry-standard technologies like Java, Linux, SOA and web services, web development, Ajax, PHP, and XML to IBM's products (WebSphere, Rational, Lotus, Tivoli and DB2). Microsoft's MSDN is a similar site (though it focuses mostly on Microsoft products and lacks the concentration on technology-focused content and resources).

Launched in 1999, developerWorks has grown to serve nearly 5.5 million registered users as of September 2006.^[1] It has been praised as "a developer's paradise" and "perhaps the best place to get hang of technologies such as Linux, Java, XML and even Wireless," and has won various awards, including the 2004 Jolt Product Excellence Award in the "Web Sites and Developer Networks" category, and in 2007 developerWorks was inducted into the Jolt Hall of Fame.^[2]

IBM also has a resource called alphaWorks, which is about emerging technologies. alphaWorks won the 2003 Jolt Product Excellence Award in the "Web Sites and Developer Networks" category.

developerWorks offers local sites in China, Japan, Korea, and Russia. These sites incorporate translations of English content as well as many original articles by local authors. See the developerWorks country page for links to all of the developerWorks local sites.