Sugar 6 is Here! July 28, 2010

Sugar 6 Is Here! Hello Developers, I swear, this is the last time I’ll lead off the Developer Buzz newsletter with an update on Sugar 6.0 readiness. But that’s only because Sugar 6.0 is now generally available! If you haven’t had a chance yet to take a tour of what’s new in Sugar 6.0, we have a new video on our website that highlights how Sugar 6 is CRM Made Simple. In addition to the great new navigation and power features in Sugar Professional and Sugar Enterprise, there are also a slew of new enhancements and bug fixes in Sugar Community Edition. I’ll keep beating this drum over and over to our developer audience. Now that we’ve GA’d 6.0, it’s imperative that you get your SugarExchange listings and SugarForge projects up to date. Review your technology for compatibility with Sugar 6.0, and then update your listings accordingly after review. Of course, you realize that next month, I’ll start touting Sugar 6.1 readiness… stay tuned for details about the contents and timelines for 6.1! Cheers, Jason Nassi Open Source Tools At last week’s OSCON 2010 (Open Source Convention), we announced that we’re open sourcing a number of our tools for functional testing and performance testing. Three of these tools -- MeterMaid, SugarMMM, and Tidbit -- are now available on our Developer site. The remaining tools, SODA and SodaMachine, will be made available within the next 30 days. These are not just testing tools for Sugar, but can also be used with other web-based applications. Stay tuned to the Developer Blog for more information on how to download and use these tools, which are distributed through GitHub. SugarForge Project of the Month: QAS for SugarCRM Read this month's interview with Jonathan Reimels from Experian QAS to learn more about QAS for SugarCRM. Learn more about QAS for SugarCRM in the archived webinar, "5 Tips to Improve Contact Data Quality". You can read up on past winners of Project of the Month on SugarForge. Sponsored Contest for SugarCRM Developers

Stone Bond Technologies is seeking the Most Valuable Programmer (MVP) for SugarCRM to win $2500 and lots of other cool prizes. Beginning in August Enterprise Enabler will publicly publish instructions and samples of how to build their trademarked AppComms for any given data source. Stone Bond Technologies is pleased to announce to the SugarCRM developer community that a contest will be held to develop an open sourced AppComm for SugarCRM. The winner will win a cash prize of $2,500 for the most elegant AppComm solution and every contestant will be entered into a drawing to win additional prizes including an unlimited STEAM account.

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