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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.

News about Rich Internet Apps

Tool Roundup for Silverlight

Community
.NET
Topics
Rich Internet Apps,
Artifacts & Tools

Many organizations are evaluating Silverlight for usage within their business applications. While official tool options today are limited to Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend there are other options.

Adobe Flex Coding Convention Document Triggered Discussions

Community
Java
Topics
Rich Internet Apps

On April 18, 2008, Adobe released its Flex SDK coding conventions and best practices. The release has triggered debate among developers in the Flex RIA community on what is the best way of coding in Flex or ActionScript.

JavaFX at JavaOne 2008

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

So far, JavaOne has been heavy on JavaFX content. It is clear that a lot of work has been done since the initial announcement at last year’s conference. Although, the technologies do not appear to be ready for the typical developer.

Articles about Rich Internet Apps

From Tags to Riches: Going from Web 1.0 to Flex

Community
Java
Topics
Web 2.0,
Rich Internet Apps,
Web Frameworks

The Web 2.0 revolution has clearly descended upon the software industry, but many InfoQ.com readers still have to deal with volumes of Web 1.0 code. So, what is one to do with those old applications? In their article, Porting From Web 1.0 To Rich Internet Applications (RIA), James Ward and Shashank Tiwari walk through replacing a Web 1.0 interface with a rich Adobe Flex user interface.

Interview: Didier Girard, are GWT and Volta GCC for the Web?

Community
Architecture,
.NET,
Java
Topics
Javascript,
Web 2.0,
Rich Internet Apps

Microsoft released a preview of Volta last month. Many people have commented on this new technology and the concept of Architecture Factoring. Some have compared Volta with GWT. InfoQ interviewed Didier Girard, CTO of SFEIR, who has lead the development of several GWT projects and reviewed Volta recently.

Interviews about Rich Internet Apps

Ajaxian.com's Dion Almaer Interview

Community
Java
Topics
Javascript,
Web 2.0,
Rich Internet Apps

In this interview Ajaxian cofounder Dion Almaer talks about the state of Ajax development today. Among the items he discusses are the history of how Ajax came to be, which frameworks he recommends developers consider, and tooling/debuggins support. Almaer also talks about security and general design considerations that need to be respected when creating Ajax enabled applications.

Presentations about Rich Internet Apps

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.

Prototype and Script.aculo.us: spending weekends at home again

Community
.NET,
Ruby,
Java
Topics
Rich Internet Apps,
Javascript

Script.aculo.us creator Thomas Fuchs gives an overview about the concepts and functionality of both Prototype and the script.aculo.us libraries, provides advice on what and what not to expect and gives pointers and hints on how to get started.