While Windows Azure is designed first and foremost to appeal to .Net developers, Microsoft has been adding tools for those who want to work on cloud apps using PHP, Ruby and even -- gasp -- Java.

The team behind Microsoft's Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ, available in the JetBrains Marketplace, announced a new "getting started" experience that promises to get devs ups and running with their first ...

Windows Azure Plugin for Eclipse with Java helps Eclipse users build and configure deployment packages of their Java apps for Azure Microsoft is improving accommodations for Java developers on the ...