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JavaFX: Current Status and What’s Upcoming
In October, InfoQ.com published an overview of JavaFX. Sun Microsystem’s Chet Haase followed-up to share additional details with InfoQ.com on what’s to come with the addition of JavaFX to the Java platform.
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OpenLaszlo Working to Support Flash Player 9 Runtime
OpenLaszlo is working to support the Flash Player 9 Runtime. OpenLaszlo was one of the first application development frameworks to target the Flash Player Runtime (starting with version 7). Since that time, the Adobe Flex framework has surged ahead in adoption, partly because of their support for the Flash Player 9.
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WPF and F#
Yesterday we told you about using PHP.NET with Silverlight. The GUI framework for Silverlight, WPF, represents the future of Windows development. So it is understandable that F# developers would be looking at it with a keen eye as well.
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James Gosling on Adobe Flash / Flex / AIR
Kathleen Richards of Redmond Developer News published an interview with Sun Microsystems’ James Gosling, in which they discussed JavaFX and its competition in the RIA space. Gosling shared some pointed thoughts on how he believes JavaFX compares to the Flash / Flex platform.
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More on RPC in Adobe Flex Applications with AMF, BlazeDS, and/or GraniteDS
Last week, Adobe made a major change to the Adobe Flex Platform with the announcement that much of LiveCycle Data Services is being open sourced in the BlazeDS project, including the AMF specification and code. This change should eliminate one of the final cost and licensing barriers for those considering adopting the Flex Platform.
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Adobe Open Sources Remoting and Messaging Technologies Along With AMF Protocol Specification
Today Adobe announced they are opening sourcing the remoting and messaging technologies from LifeCycle Data Services as BlazeDS. They are also open sourcing the AMF protocol specification.
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Forrester Looks at Increased RIA Adoption in the Workplace
Forrester released a new report written by Eric Driver and Ron Rogowski. The report is titled RIAs Bring People-Centered Design to Information Workplaces.
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A Look at the Buzzword Spell Checker Implementation
In Buzzword’s September release, spell checking support was added to the online word processor built using the Adobe Flex Framework. This week, David Coletta from the Buzzword team is sharing details on this part of their implementation in his blog posting, "Buzzword Spell Checking Internals."
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Top 10 Adobe Flex Misconceptions
At QCon, Adobe's James Ward shared with InfoQ.com the top Adobe Flex misconceptions that he encounters in his travels evangelizing the Flex application framework.
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Upgrade Path - Vista Task Dialog
This dialog provides a framework that covers most dialog scenarios while maintaining consistency across applications. But it also introduces a new problem in that it is not backwards compatible with Windows XP. Hedley Muscroft tackled this problem by creating a wrapper/emulator for the Task Dialog.
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Pulse Seeks to Clarify the Eclipse Deployment Picture
Earlier in the month at EclipseWorld Genuitec (creators of MyEclipse) announced Pulse a free software service that alleviates the frustration of managing Eclipse-based software whether commercial or open source.
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Adobe AIR: Do we really need browser apps that run on the desktop?
Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) is a platform that allows developers to use web technologies to build desktop applications. Danny-T is questioning the Adobe AIR paradigm on his blog posting, ‘Is breaking out of the browser the right next step?’
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Buzzword – RIA Word Processor: Built Using Adobe Flex / AIR
Adobe recently acquired Virtual Ubiquity, the creators of Buzzword - a web based word processor. InfoQ.com connected with David Coletta and Tad Staley of Adobe Systems to learn more about the product, the challenges and benefits of using Adobe Flex for its development, and what the future holds for the product.
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Sun’s Promise: Reliable, Portable, Functional Java Plug-In
InfoQ recently interviewed Nicolas Lorain, the product manager for Java SE, and discussed the rewrite of the Java plug-in slated for Java SE 6 Update N.
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Understanding the ActionScript Virtual Machine for Java Developers
The ActionScript Virtual Machine 2 (AVM2) executes ActionScript 3.0 (AS3) bytecode in the Flash Player 9 runtime. ActionScript 3 is an Object Oriented programming language, used by developers to build Flash based applications in Adobe Flex and AIR.