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Spring Conferences target RIAs
Next month brings several conferences, all with strong RIA tracks. Desktop Matters is focused on Java Swing development, EclipseCon is all things Eclipse, 360Flex covers Flex, and QCon has a strong RIA track.
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Bruce Eckel: Use Flex as the UI for Java Applications
Bruce Eckel has written about the future of user interfaces in Java. He reviews the state of Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) and states that while Ajax helps, a language designed for user interfaces and rich media is what we need. He proposes that we stop trying to use one language (Java) to solve all of our problems , and instead use Flex and Apollo as a front-end for systems written in Java.
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Case Study: Quickly Responding to Customer Needs with Eclipse RCP
The contract furniture industry demands software that can rapidly adapt to change. RPC software provides ERP and project planning solutions to companies in this space. This case study takes a look at how they are using Eclipse RCP and other Eclipse technology to respond to customer needs at a rapid pace while continuing to providing a first class user experience.
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Flex and Rails Integration on Many Fronts
Several projects to leverage Adobe Flex from Ruby on Rails are very active lately. Here is a rundown of what's up, and plenty of links.
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Interview with Brad Neuberg of the Dojo Offline Toolkit
Recently InfoQ sat down with Brad Neuberg, creator of the Dojo Offline Toolkit, to talk about the project. Dojo Offline is a project seeking to be a small, cross-platform, generic download that enables web applications to work offline.
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Script.aculo.us, Dojo, GWT, Flex Leads Presenting at QCon
The Ajax & Browser-based applications track at QCon has been defined. Hosted by InfoQ Editor & ClientJava.com's Scott Delap, the full day track will feature presentations from Thomas Fuchs (creator of Script.aculo.us), Alex Russell (co-founder, Dojo Toolkit), Bruce Johnson (Lead, Google Web Toolkit), Christophe Conraets (Lead, Adobe Flex), and Dave Crane (Author, Ajax Patterns).
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Four Ways to Ajax Enable a Java EE Application
Sun's Developer Network posted a series of four articles late last year on different ways to add Ajax to a Java EE application. Each article covers a different way of adding in Ajax, including do-it-yourself, using Dojo, JSF components, and JSF phase listeners.
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Nexaweb Platform 4.5 and Studio 3.0 released
Nexaweb released version 4.5 of their Nexaweb Platform recently, adding Section 508 Accessibility compliance. Along with the Platform release, Nexaweb Studio, an Eclipse ATF-based IDE for web 2.0 applications, version 3.0 was released.
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OpenLaszlo Rings in the New Year with Flash 9 and DHTML Runtimes
OpenLaszlo is starting off 2007 with a beta candidate of version 4 of the OpenLaszlo platform. This is a significant release as it includes a new DHTML runtime target in addition to the previously available Flash based runtime.
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WPF as a Rich Client Technology?
WPF makes it easy to create visually impressive apps, but also has other talents which make it a compelling choice as a rich client over back-ends written in any technology such as Java, Ruby, or .NET. A new article on InfoQ compares WPF to alternatives such as Ajax/DHTML, Swing, and Flash; it will also look at some scenarios where a WPF client makes sense, using Java as the back-end example.
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Adobe Releases Flex Cookbook Online Beta
This week Adobe released an online cookbook for Flex application development tips. There also seems to be a defined path for taking the snippets available online and bundling them into an O'Reilly compilation in the future.
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Ajax Framework Comparison Tools article
A new article on BEA's Dev2Dev site provides a way to sort through the numerous Ajax frameworks that are available today. The goal of the technique is to make it easier to understand the distinctions between the various frameworks by placing them on a set of axes including declarative versus procedural and client-centric versus server-centric.
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Common Flex Myths Debunked
Flex Evangelist Ted Patrick has posted 10 common myths about Flex 2.0, debunking such ideas as Flex requiring a special server to it not working well with Ajax.
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DWR 2.0 Release Candidate 1 now available
DWR 2.0 RC1 was released today by Joe Walker, featuring a JavaScript Proxy API, Reverse Ajax, and Security enhancements. DWR, billed as "Easy Ajax for Java", is a library that allows for quick development of Ajax applications by exposing methods on Java objects to the client.
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Rob Relyea weighs in on XBAP vs. ActiveX
In response to a question posed on Anne Zelenka's blog posting on the .NET 3.0 Framework launch, Rob Relyea weighs in on the comparison of XBAP to ActiveX that is being thrown around the .NET community.