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Silverlight at Major League Baseball.com

Community
.NET
Topics
Javascript,
Web 2.0,
Rich Internet Apps,
Java plus .NET Integration,
Silverlight

Learn about the re-launch of Major League Baseball’s website on Silverlight. With the website’s back-end written in Java and much of the user interface built with JSP, MLB.com is not your typical candidate for adopting Microsoft’s newest technology for building Rich Internet Apps. Henry Belmont and Thaniya Keereepart share the reasoning behind choice and implementation details.

Rich Kilmer on the Power of Ruby

Community
Ruby
Topics
Domain Specific Languages,
Semantic Web,
Dynamic Languages

Top rubyist Rich Kilmer gives InfoQ visitors an eye-opening look into his years of success using Ruby to tackle tough defense-related challenges at Darpa. Our interview covers a wide range of cutting-edge technologies from DSLs to Semantic Web technologies such as OWL, to using Flash as a front-end UI framework.

Rich Internet Applications with Flex and AIR

Community
Java
Topics
Rich Internet Apps

In this presentation from QCon San Francisco, Cristophe Coenraets discusses the benefits of Flex for Rich Internet Application (RIA) development, the API that Flex provides to developers, the new AIR runtime, and several examples of RIAs built using Flex, Flash and AIR, such as a word processor, a call center application, and a book viewer.

News about Flash

Adobe Moves Towards Greater Flash Openness and Availability

Community
Java
Topics
Rich Internet Apps,
Rich Client / Desktop

This week Adobe continued their push towards greater openness within their Flash based technologies. In a move greatly targeted at developers, major adjustments were made to eliminate the licensing restrictions and third-party fees for distributing the Flash Player runtime.

Top 10 Mistakes when building Flex Applications

Community
Java
Topics
Rich Internet Apps,
Web 2.0,
Rich Client / Desktop,
Web Frameworks

In this post, Adobe’s James Ward teams up with InfoQ.com to bring you another Flex Top 10 (our most recent Flex Top 10). Overall, Flex is a powerful framework that is easy to use, but today let's focus on some of the common mistakes that are made when building Flex applications.

Flex and the Open Web

Community
Java
Topics
Web 2.0,
Rich Internet Apps,
Rich Client / Desktop

Kevin Dangoor of SitePen recently blogged about Flash, Silverlight and the Open Web. He offers his defense for open standards as the best future for the web. Adobe's Ryan Stewart, a Flex evangelist, responds.

HotRuby - Ruby 1.9/YARV opcode interpreter in Javascript

Community
Ruby
Topics
Technology,
Javascript,
Runtimes,
Scripting,
Compilers,
Dynamic Languages

HotRuby is a new way of running Ruby code: compile it down to Ruby 1.9 bytecode and run it in a client side interpreter written in Javascript. We take a look at what makes HotRuby work.

What Will it Take to Transition from Desktop-Based Application to Cloud-Based Applications?

Community
Architecture,
SOA
Topics
Single Site Browser,
SaaS

Cloud-based applications are everywhere these days (Enterprise, Office Suites, Groupware, Business Intelligence...), while technologies like Google Gears, Mozilla Prizm, Fluid, S3... are creating an environment where it will be hard to know which is which.

Stephan Janssen On Parleys.com And The RIA Landscape

Community
Java
Topics
Rich Internet Apps,
Silverlight,
Rich Client / Desktop

InfoQ.com sat down with Stephan Janssen to learn about Parleys.com and ask his perspective on the emerging RIA platforms. Stephan is the founder of the JavaPolis conference held annually in Belgium. JavaPolis is currently the second largest Java conference, behind only JavaOne.