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Presentation: Using Google GWT
The Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is a Java-centric framework for creating AJAX applications. GWT cross-compiles Java source into JavaScript, allowing Java developers to use their existing Java skills and tools to create AJAX apps. GWT lead Bruce Johnson intros GWT including high-performance AJAX, internationalization, and integration with existing web app.
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ASP.NET Futures to Include Support for Ruby?
The Microsoft website ASP.NET has released the May 2007 edition of ASP.NET Futures. This release demonstrates potential features for post-Orcas versions of ASP.NET including Sivlerlight controls and dynamic language support.
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Picking an Ajax Framework
Dr. Dobbs is currently featuring a case study of the Ajax framework selection process of a development team at T. Rowe Price. The article considers GWT, Dojo, Prototype/Scriptaculous, and Yahoo UI Library.
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DWR 2.0 Adds Reverse Ajax, Script Scope, and Annotation Support
The DWR team has released version 2.0. Major feature additions include support for reverse Ajax allowing server state to be pushed to browser and Java 5 annotations.
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Extended Rails Scaffolding with ActiveScaffold
Scaffolding is a powerful Rails feature which will generate interfaces to interact with your data-model directly. It can either be used as starting-point or administrative backend tool. But the default Rails scaffold ignores relation between models. ActiveScaffold fulfills this and comes with pretty dynamic Ajax UIs.
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Presentation: Ajax Development with ASP.NET
ASP.NET lead architect Nikhil Lothari demonstrates the out-of-box features in ASP.NET Ajax can be used to enrich Web apps with Ajax functionality and incorporate various Ajax patterns in a simple manner; he also demonstrates more powerful usage of the script framework, best practices and design patterns for incorporating and encapsulating script functionality.
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Is XML the Future of UI Development?
Or is it JavaScript? A common trend in the new crop of desktop UI frameworks is that they are XML based with some sort of support for JavaScript. We take a brief look at AJAX, WPF/XAML, Flex/MXML, and Firefox’s Gran Paradiso.
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Five Common Ajax Anti-Patterns
Jack Herrington has written about common pitfalls in Ajax code, calling out five specific problems he sees often enough to consider anti-patterns: Polling on a timer when you don't need to, not inspecting the return results in the callback, passing complex XML when HTML would be better, and more.
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Choosing an Ajax Framework
Sebastian Just has written about how to select an Ajax framework. He lists a number of questions that architects should answer in helping them narrow down the list of available frameworks, including community and corporate support, learning curve, and whether it fits the type of user the site has.
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OpenLaszlo 4.0 Released with Flash and DHTML/Ajax Support
Laszlo Systems has announced the release of OpenLaslzo 4.0. OpenLaszlo is an open source RIA platform that allows developers to compile and target their applications to either an Ajax or Flash runtime.
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Dojo Offline demo released with API
Brad Neuberg has released a screencast of a web-based word processor running on Dojo Offline. At the same time, the Javascript API is being released and is ready for evaluation.
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Article: Rich Office Client Applications
There is a client platform that's already present on nearly every user's desktop, one which provides an amazing amount of power and flexibility in its user interface options, and provides a familiar user-interactive style that undergoes intensive study with every release. Ted Neward introduces the Microsoft Office platform as a rich client technology with examples of Excel - Java integration.
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Interview with Ajaxian.com's Dion Almaer
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.
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Interview: Walt Ritscher at VSLive
InfoQ sat down with Walt Ritscher at VSLive Toronto to talk about WPF, Web 2.0, and Microsoft code naming conventions. Walt prophecies where he thinks WPF excels and who will build the killer apps in WPF. Included is a quick history on AJAX, where to use it and why it took 7 years to become relevant. Walt also shares his new favorite Windows technology, Windows PowerShell.
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Visual Studio 2007 Preview
Do you wonder what will be in the next edition of Visual Studio? MSDN's Showtime has a copy of the TechEd presentation on the upcoming "Orcas" release. Highlights include framework multi-targeting, rich CSS support, enhanced JavaScript Intellisense and debugging.