Latest News from AJAX & RIA JOURNAL

SOA Consortium Releases New Podcast from K. Scott Morrison, Layer 7 Technologies

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:30:00 EDT

The SOA Consortium announced the availability of a podcast and slide deck of the presentation by K. Scott Morrison, VP of Engineering and Chief Architect at Layer 7 Technologies, on "How to Fail at SOA," recorded at the SOA Consortium meeting in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in June. Calling on Layer 7 Technologies' six years of experience Scott warned meeting attendees about repeated patterns of bad practices, pitfalls and bad decisions.

Web API Expert: The Concept of a Web API

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:30:00 EDT

The Web is slowly changing from a visual resource designed to externalize information to people, to a non-visual resource that's able to facilitate machine-to-machine communications. The catalysts of this change are non-visual communications that are enabled using APIs, or Application Programming Interfaces. These APIs allow you to leverage within your own application both behavior and data that somebody else has built and hosted, as if both the functionality and information were local.

WaveMaker Introduces Point and Click AJAX

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:30:00 EDT

WaveMaker announced the release of WaveMaker Visual AJAX Studio 4.0. WaveMaker Studio is an open source development tool that makes it easy to build visually stunning web applications. With just 15 mouse clicks and zero coding, a developer can build and deploy a sleek, web-based application using WaveMaker.

Retrieving Data on a SQL Anywhere Server Using AJAX

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:36:00 EDT

AJAX has dominated the web space so extensively that it needs no introduction. Connecting to a server via XMLHttpRequest and making a partial page refresh is what makes this technique so attractive. However, use of these AJAX requests, although very attractive, can pose dangers as well. JavaScript acts as a vector to infect websites with worms, such as SAMY, using cross-site scripting, also known as CSS or XSS.

AJAX World RIA Conference & Expo Special - Exclusive Q&A with Rajeev Kutty, Keynote Systems

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:00:00 EDT

In this Exclusive Q&A with SYS-CON's Jeremy Geelan, Rajeev Kutty of Keynote Systems speaks of the factors currently driving companies to increase their effort in monitoring the performance of their Web and mobile applications, and about how Keynote foresees an enormous increase in the number of Web applications being built in the cloud and programmers using cloud computing platforms like Apps Engine, Force.com., Microsoft Mesh, Bungee Connect – all Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) providers.

6th International AJAX World RIA Conference & Expo News: An A to Z for the RIA Era

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:45:00 EDT

From AIR to ZK, this is an alphabetical round-up of the fast moving-world of application development tools and frameworks spawned ever since the appearance of Google Maps, the canonical early RIA. The list includes AIR, Appcelerator, ATF, Curl, Dojo, Echo, Eclipse RCP, Ext JS, Flex, Grails, GWT, JavaFX, Kabuki, Nexaweb Enterprise Web 2.0 platform, Novulu, OpenLaszlo, Prototype, Rico, Ruby on Rails, Seam, Silverlight, ThinWire, TIBCO GI, ULC, WaveMaker, Yahoo! User Interface Library, Zend Framework, and ZK.

AJAX World RIA Conference: How Linked Data and AJAR Changes Everything

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:45:00 EDT

The Web has evolved into a structured data space of loosely connected databases, enabling granular data access-by-reference to Web-accessible entities, courtesy of HTTP. This evolution and the emergence of AJAX-based RIA technologies lay the foundation for a new generation of libraries, widgets, and frameworks, that together embrace and extend enterprise data access practices of yore. This session will cover access and exploitation of Web-accessible Linked Data using AJAX- and AJAR-based technologies (Asynchronous JavaScript and RDF).

Tealium Announces Tealium TrackEvent for RIA

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:30:00 EDT

Tealium Incorporated, a provider of high-end, results-oriented Web analytics consulting, announced the availability of Tealium TrackEvent, a solution designed to decouple development from web analytics implementation of rich internet applications (RIA) such as Flash, Flex and Ajax sites. Tealium TrackEvent has been designed to work with any tag-based web analytics solution, including Omniture, Unica, Coremetrics, Google Analytics, and others. It allows web developers to send generic RIA calls from their applications. It then provides business users with an interface to transform these calls into requests specific to their web analytics solution.

AJAX World RIA Conference: Building AJAX Mashups with Google APIs

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:30:00 EDT

This session will cover how to integrate various Google APIs including Google's AJAX APIs including Maps, AJAX Search and Feed into superior AJAX mashups. The session also shows how to use Google's App Engine as an AJAX Web application provider. Finally, this session will also show how to socialize your AJAX applications using the OpenSocial APIs and Google Friend Connect.

AJAX World RIA Conference: Do RIA Widgets Open Security Back Doors?

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:00:00 EDT

By producing a popular RIA widget you can distribute your code to millions of users practically overnight. Most widgets are designed to gather data from the web and then present that data to the user. In order to enable this functionality, Google Gadgets for example support a rich programming model based on based on JavaScript and the Gadgets' API. Unfortunately, rich platforms tend to lead to programming errors and security issues. The users of a poorly written RIA widget can have their online accounts breached, web site passwords compromised, local computer data stolen, and even lose control of their computer. This presentation, via code snippets, flow diagrams, and other means, discusses how to write an RIA widget that avoids these pitfalls.

Sun Releases AJAX-Compatible NetBeans 6.5 IDE

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:30:00 EDT

A beta release of the open source NetBeans 6.5 IDE is being offered by Sun Microsystems on Wednesday. The beta, available for download, has features such as an IDE-wide "QuickSearch" shortcut, a more user-friendly interface, and an automatic Compile on Save feature. Developers can build applications for Java, PHP, C/C++, Groovy, Grails, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and AJAX.

AJAX RIA Toolset for IBM WebSphere Platform Released

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:15:00 EDT

The AJAX for IBM WebSphere Platform Early Program is an optionally installable product extension for IBM WebSphere Application Server Version 6.1 and WebSphere Application Server Community Edition that offers targeted, incremental new features that can make Web applications running on WebSphere Application Server easier to use.

AJAX World RIA Conference: Practical Thin Server Architecture with Dojo

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:15:00 EDT

Dojo is arguably the most feature-complete AJAX toolkit today. Using Dojo's data stores to create a clean separation of concerns from the server-side, this talk gives practical advice for implementing all rendering of data in the browser, leading to a much thinner server, which focus on business-logic only.

AJAX World RIA Conference: Building RIAs Using Google Web Toolkit (GWT)

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:15:00 EDT

Rich Internet Applications using AJAX technology has truly improved the end user experience. But, as a developer if you are new to it, be warned: AJAX projects can quickly degenerate into a nightmare of spaghetti script. Large JavaScript technology code bases are often hard to write, read, test, and debug--not to mention the complexity of efficiently supporting multiple browsers. If you are a Java developer, you have another choice - the Google Web Toolkit (GWT). GWT is a lightweight, reusable Java technology framework has taken a unique approach to developing rich internet applications to wrangle AJAX coding issues. The Google Web Toolkit addresses code reuse, performance, multibrowser support, debugging, and testing AJAX applications.

Contextware Delivers AJAX Technology

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:00:00 EDT

Contextware announced the release of version 3.1 of its namesake software. Contextware v3.1 improves execution by helping businesses capture and communicate rich detail on how to perform any business process, procedure or best practice.

AJAX World RIA Conference - Extreme RIA: Developing Customer Solutions in an Evolving Landscape

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:00:00 EDT

In this talk, ILOG's Chief RIA Architect and Project Manager will share his experiences working with customers on RIA projects. He will describe requirements of RIA, the market acceptance, and technical limitations based on various approaches. The session will also include a live RIA demo on many different platforms.

AJAX World RIA Conference: Spice Up User Experience with Silverlight

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:15:00 EDT

Microsoft introduced Silverlight as cross-platform, cross-browser next generation RIA solution. This session will use real world implementations to show you how to build a Silverlight application from start to finish, as well overall strategy why we should or shouldn't use Silverlight. No matter whether you have LAMP, ASP.NET or Java Web application, you can take advantage of Silverlight to impress your user with the "Wow" effects.

AJAX World RIA Conference: Making the Business Case for RIAs in the SME Market

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:45:00 EDT

Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) can benefit from RIAs for all the same reasons large enterprises can: enhanced user experience and resulting customer loyalty, decreased development and deployment costs, and increased employee productivity. But how do you persuade a manager with limited resources to invest in RIA development? Learn to make a persuasive business case with rational arguments like return on investment analysis and emotional ones like leveraging social proof. Whether you are an employee in an SME or an external consultant that wants to get work from one, you'll learn skills to help you make the RIA case.

AJAX World RIA Conference: AJAX Opens The Door To The Enterprise Software Suite

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:00:00 EDT

In this presentation, David Knight will discuss how the availability of an AJAX platform for aggregating and monetizing content is likely to dramatically transform the enterprise software business, with end-user companies no longer locked into a single software-suite provider for their applications. He will examine how AJAX-enabled platforms can be used to recreate the suite experience in multiple application areas, freeing companies to shop around for the best solution available ¬ or create their own application. The speaker will also discuss how AJAX can allow businesses to recreate the desktop experience and enhance worker productivity with integrated applications.

AJAX World RIA Conference - Saving Your Investment: Transforming J2EE Applications Into Web 2.0 Using GWT

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:00:00 EDT

The pressure is on to keep pace with Web 2.0 entrants into the marketplace. Rewriting is expensive; adding AJAX widgets results in a complex, unmaintainable application. Both require you to hire scarce JavaScript developers. Google Web Toolkit -- the SDK that allows you to write AJAX interfaces in Java -- enables your Java developers to layer a desktop-like interface on top of your Web app. Learn to analyze the service profile of your application, to change HTML views into XML or JSON services, and to resist opening security holes by putting state and control flow logic into the client.

'Google Translate' Uses AJAX to Optimize iPhone

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:00:00 EDT

Proving necessity is the mother of all invention, Google’s mobile team has developed an iPhone interface for Google Translate.

Top Keynotes at SYS-CON's World-Beating RIA Conference & Expo: AJAX World

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:45:00 EDT

Two of the biggest launches in Rich Internet Application history took place in 2007/2008 when Adobe launched AIR 1.0 in February '08 and Microsoft launched Silverlight (September '07). At the 6th International AJAXWorld RIA Conference & Expo in October SYS-CON Events is delighted to be presenting major industry keynotes from the two industry executives with overall responsibility for both of those massive richer-web initiatives: Adobe's CTO Kevin Lynch and Scott Guthrie, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft's .NET Developer Platform.

AJAX World RIA Conference - Design-based Web Applications Development: The Essential New Paradigm

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:30:00 EDT

Design is the single most important criterion that determines a successful web application, yet web application development tools are totally oriented around programming and exclude designers from all but the initial stages of the development life-cycle. There is growing debate now emerging: do designers need to learn programming or do programmers need to learn design? The profound difference in these two disciplines makes such hybrid skills extremely unlikely. Time, then, for a new paradigm, where web application development is abstracted into a primarily design-focused discipline, with programmer input reduced to a relatively small, though necessary part of the process.

AJAX World RIA Conference: FLEX+ AIR + Mobile

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:30:00 EDT

In this session Thomas will share his experience in migrating from AJAX to Flex, the advantages/disadvantages that Flex has as the primary client for a consumer web-based SaaS product, and his vision of how Flex + AIR via any desktop + Mobile (in one or more technical forms) takes us a step towards the vision that Mark Weiser presented in his original works on ubiquitous computing.

AJAX World RIA Conference: Server-Side JavaScript - All the Cool Kids Are Doing It!

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:30:00 EDT

In this session that no developer who uses JavaScript or ActionScript will want to miss, delegates will learn how to: Overcome common hurdles and pitfalls of client-side only JavaScript development, Speed up development time by cutting out extra server-side code and processing scripts that are no longer necessary, and Clean up your code base by reducing (or even eliminating) the number of languages needed to leverage to accomplish common tasks (i.e. Why bother with server-side PHP scripts to fetch database results when you can do it all in JavaScript on the server? Why mess with Curl to fetch content that your JavaScript code can grab in one line?)

AJAX World RIA Conference: Crafting Rich Web Interfaces

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:15:00 EDT

In every field of design one of the first things students do is learn from the work of others. They study and break down real-world examples in order to understand the underlying principles and patterns that make for successful design. Then they learn to apply these to their own set of problems. The real trick is to apply them in a nuanced manner. To be nuanced is "to be sensitive to delicate differences of style." Most of the art in crafting a rich experience on the Web can be summed up with this one word -- 'nuance'. Over the last 24 years Bill has been involved in the study of nuanced design in crafting rich interfaces. Prior to joining Netflix, Bill led the effort to launch the public Yahoo! Design Pattern Library where he cataloged many examples of common design patterns. More recently Bill has been working on an upcoming O'Reilly book on design that explores the nuance of rich Web interfaces.

AJAX World RIA Conference: Reporting Portals - Creating the No-Pain, All-Gain Customer Experience

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:45:00 EDT

As any successful marketer knows, understanding customer needs and designing an experience tailored to those needs contributes to the overall success of the product. Whether the portal is private, such as an intranet-based reporting tool, or public, such as an enterprise application delivering time-sensitive data over the web, user experience needs will be similar. Recognizing these needs and incorporating them into the portal design will give users reasons to want to shop with confidence. Using the analogy of a retail giant, this session will provide some guidelines for creating a rich User Interface for reporting portals, providing a no-pain, all-gain customer experience.

AJAX World RIA Conference: IA and RIA - You Know More Than You Think You Do

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:45:00 EDT

For the last couple of years, there has been a lot of giddiness around the creation or Rich Internet Applications or RIAs. Their fluidity, animation and ability to present and manipulate large amounts of data makes them readily appealing to businesses that want to go beyond the linear processes that HTML web sites offer. They are becoming more common and the demand from clients is increasing. What’s the buzz about? In this session Travelocity's Principal Information Architect will share his experience and some things he has learned about RIAs that validated much of what he already knew.

AJAX World RIA Conference - High Performance in RIAs: Five Practical Strategies and How to Implement Them

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:30:00 EDT

Those of us in the business of writing rich Internet applications have seen the focus swing from how to add richness to how to manage richness and the resources it demands in the browser. Steve Souders's recent volume from O'Reilly, High Performance Web Sites, and the canonical performance rules Steve pioneered with the Exceptional Performance Team at Yahoo in recent years have helped bring data-driven order to the lore that surrounds browser performance.

AJAX World RIA Conference - Coding the UI: Lessons from ebookers and Orbitz

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:30:00 EDT

When Orbitz released a new generation of its global technology platform to power ebookers.com there were some lofty goals for the UI. They wanted to build a presentation tier (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) that would meet the goals of internationalization, accessibility, have rich AJAX interactions, and be faster and easier to develop in. This session will explore the key challenges in achieving these goals, including what worked, what didn't, and what's next.

AJAX World RIA Conference: Who Says Web 2.0 is Hard? Modernize Your Applications without Needing a PhD in AJAX

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:45:00 EDT

Web applications continue to evolve to support a far richer user experience than in the early days of the Internet. However, delivering these solutions adds complexity and demands additional programming skills. This session provides an overview of how the innovative IBM Rational technology delivered through its new Enterprise Generation Language (EGL) capabilities, helps dramatically simplify the construction of rich user interfaces and their integration with back-end services, transactional systems, and data sources for any platform, including System z and System i. This revolutionary approach enables companies to leverage their valuable IT assets into state-of-the-art SOA-based and web solutions in record time while leveraging existing skills.

AJAX World RIA Conference - AJAX for Oracle: Building RIAs Without Browser Plug-ins

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:30:00 EDT

Enterprise developers (and users) definitely want Web 2.0 features, but unfortunately very few of them have the time to learn and keep up with the swift pace of advancement in AJAX. One approach to solving this problem is to take a bunch of AJAX features and bake them into APIs stored in a database that can be called using simple declarative markup language. In this session John Krahulec will show how the the application server middle tier can be virtualized into the Oracle database, bridging the gap between front-end rich UI and back-end data systems.

AJAX World RIA Conference: AJAX with jQuery

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:30:00 EDT

jQuery is a rapidly growing, popular JavaScript library. Its powerful and modular architecture, which emphasizes a simple yet heavily extensible API, has helped it to become one of the most popular Javascript Libraries. Because of its dead-simple plug-in architecture, many even begin extending jQuery's core features within hours of first using it. This talk will demonstrate how the library works, and show you why so many users are able to build fully Ajax-enabled Websites in their first day using jQuery.

AJAX World RIA Conference: Server-Side, PHP-Generated AJAX

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:00:00 EDT

As Web-based applications are pushing the "Rich User Experience" envelope, AJAX is quickly becoming a standard front-end for any PHP application. But unfortunately as PHP applications that utilize AJAX are being forced to morph from two-tier to three-tier architectures, pushing code to the client adds inherent issues with security and code maintenance. New techniques are being developed which focuses on server-side generated AJAX, allowing developers to code AJAX applications in PHP instead of JavaScript. This session will discuss and demo many of these new techniques which will allow for the development of rich, AJAX user experiences without needing to code any JavaScript whatsoever.

AJAX World RIA Conference: AJAX In Enterprise Portals

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:30:00 EDT

Not only enterprise portals integrators are using AJAX at the portal level but now they can also use it for the development of more user-friendly JSR-168 portlets. With the arrival of new standards, AJAXified JSF Components like IceFaces ot RichFaces became a reality that can be portable across the many JSR-168 portlet containers implementations, in the commercial or open source worlds. During his presentation, we will explain how this has been made possible and how one can write such portlets.

AJAX World RIA Conference: Use JavaScript 2 Today with OpenLaszlo

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:30:00 EDT

JavaScript 2 is becoming increasingly important. Learn how to take advantage of JavaScript 2 while still running in today's browsers. Leverage your current JavaScript and HTML skills to build applications that run in Flash 7-9, DHTML and more with no code changes! OpenLaszlo 4.2 includes a new JavaScript 2-based compiler that translates JS2 syntax to a variety of formats, including JS 1.5, Actionscript 1 & 2 and Actionscript 3. When Firefox 4 is out, we'll be ready with native JavaScript 2.0 support! Come learn about this exciting new development, and about the new features designed to make developing complex apps easy, including cross-browser history and vector graphics support.

Oracle Named "Gold Sponsor" of SYS-CON's AJAX World RIA Conference & Expo

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:45:00 EDT

Oracle's business is information-how to manage it, use it, share it, protect it. An enterprise software company, Oracle is a vendor that offers solutions for every tier of your business-database, middleware, business intelligence, business applications, and collaboration. With Oracle, you get information that helps you measure results, improve business processes, and communicate a single truth to your constituents.

AJAX World RIA Conference - User Experience and RIAs: How Does It All Come Together?

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:00:00 EDT

RIAs provide the promise of an excellent User experience, but the ultimate success of the UX is driven more by the skill of the developer than the tool selection itself. This session will discuss the foundation and importance of the application of cognitive science techniques to the process of designing and building a rich Web application.

AJAX World RIA Conference: Web 3.0 and the Age of Intelligence

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:30:00 EDT

Often called the Semantic or Pervasive Web, Web 3.0 brings a level of artificial intelligence to transform the Internet from a searchable catalog to a personal guide that can reason in a human-like fashion and provide users with more services and options for social networks. This session will map out the world of Web 3.0, exploring the unique benefits for end users, as well as opportunities for businesses. Using specific examples, Jon Doyle will demonstrate how Web 3.0 will change the way users interact with the Web ¬ from planning and booking an entire vacation to automatically scheduling doctor's appointments based on personal preferences.

AJAX World RIA Conference: The Business Value of Social Networking on Corporate Intranets

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:30:00 EDT

This Session will demonstrate why social networking is more than just marketing buzz; it is a relational model that has been used for years to define the way human beings interact, and it is the next step in the natural evolution of the Web.

AJAX World RIA Conference: Preparing Your Brand for the Mobile Web Experience

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:30:00 EDT

As the mobile Web matures, we see more and more people running around airports with their mobile devices in hand, searching for hotel rooms, reading the news, or just playing video games. People are more connected with their mobile phone today than any other electronic device they use. What was once a nice-to-have is now the norm, and is quickly becoming an integral part of our culture and society. But how do you connect with users through mobile web sites and create exceptional experiences that are both functional and captivating?

AJAX World RIA Conference: Building Email Apps

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:30:00 EDT

The first email message was sent over 40 years ago and email is the dominant form of electronic communication today, containing a unique data repository with rich context about people’s lives. Given the mass acceptance and potential value of email, it’s worth considering what apps can be built on top of this well-tested, scalable and ubiquitous infrastructure. This session delves into the lessons learned from building TripIt, a travel organizer and social network that enables people to forward their travel confirmation emails to automatically create rich sharable travel itineraries.

AJAX World RIA Conference: HTML 5, WebSocket, and Comet - The Future of the Web

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:15:00 EDT

There are several innovations within the HTML 5 specification that will forever change the direction of the Web, and one in particular - WebSocket - that will revolutionize the way we develop and deploy Web applications. Until now, bi-directional browser communication has been an elusive goal of the Comet community, usually achieved with an assortment of hacks. However, with recent updates to the HTML 5 specification, developers can now use a full-duplex communications channel that operates over a single socket. The HTML 5 WebSocket enables communication from the browser to any TCP-based back-end service (for example, JMS, JMX, IMAP, Jabber, and so on). For example, it is now possible to avoid convoluted architectures by simply channeling certain protocols to the browser over HTTP and Web applications can now be deployed without the need for a traditional Web server.

AJAX World: Enterprise RIA - Real Examples and Lessons Learnt

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:15:00 EDT

With Web as the new platform, it’s very clear that client-server application architecture of yesterday must migrate to the Rich Internet Applications (RIA) of tomorrow. This new RIA platform yields significant improvement to the user experience (UXP) while lowering the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). We will present several cases of real deployment (using Curl RIA Platform) by large customers and discuss the lessons learnt - such as demands for robust scalability, high security, and super high performance. The need for very flexible architecture and agile development will also be covered.

AJAX World RIA Conference - OpenAjax Alliance: Browser Engine Access To Mobile Device APIs

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:45:00 EDT

Many new model mobile devices allow the "Web Runtime" (i.e., the browser engine) to invoke device capabilities from JavaScript, such as access to current location (e.g., via GPS), phone dialer, camera, address book, calendar, email, and SMS, whereas previously these services were only available to compiled programming languages, such as C++ and Java. By giving Web developers using HTML and JavaScript the same power as C++ and Java, we will see a large wave of next-generation consumer and Enterprise Web 2.0 applications that take innovation and productivity to new levels. These new Mobile AJAX applications run not only in the browser, but also as AJAX-powered mobile widgets and AJAX-powered installed applications. Two challenges, however, are interoperability (because different devices support different APIs), and security (along with the new feature, we also have new vulnerabilities). OpenAjax Alliance is addressing the two challenges through its open standards, open source, and security initiatives.

AJAX World RIA Conference: The Networked Application Pattern

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:30:00 EDT

The Networked Application is an emerging design pattern in rich Internet application development. The crux of the pattern is to push all user interface code to the client. The client "downloads" the application, and the application then communicates to one or more servers. This session will explain the motivations of the pattern and look at how it can be implemented using specific AJAX toolkits such as Google Web Toolkit, Yahoo User Interface Library, and Dojo. We will also talk about how the pattern can be implemented using AJAX alternatives such as Flex and Silverlight.

iPhone Developer's Summit: Understanding iPhone JavaScript Extensions

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:00:00 EDT

Apple has introduced a number of extensions to the JavaScript programming language to assist iPhone Web developers. Including new fast lookup functions, native SVG graphics processing, CSS effects, database storage and full screen mode. These new functions will transform the way Web and AJAX developers look at the iPhone for application development. This session introduces the JavaScript extensions, and shows practical examples of their usage.

AJAX World RIA Conference: The Beauty of JavaScript

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:45:00 EDT

JavaScript is one of the most interesting and misunderstood programming languages in common use today. Most developers will go their entire careers without realizing its full potential. It's not often that you get a language that supports the feature set that JavaScript does, while still being as widely deployed. This talk will spotlight some patterns surrounding JavaScript's most elegant features such as closures, lambdas, object and array literals, object prototypes, private members and dynamic scope resolution -- all without boring you to tears.

Build N-Tier Applications with WPF, AJAX, Silverlight, LINQ, WCF

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:45:00 EDT

The advent of .NET 3.5 marks a turning point in how .NET developers approach programming. "It is our belief that .NET 3.5 in general, and Silverlight in particular, will change programming more significantly than anything that has come from Microsoft for a least a decade," state bestselling author Jesse Liberty and industry expert Alex Horovitz in the preface to their new book, Programming .NET 3.5 ( O'Reilly, US $44.99 ).

AJAX World RIA Conference: Building RIAs Using Microsoft Silverlight 2

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:45:00 EDT

Many of today (and tomorrow’s) development projects lend themselves nicely to RIA application patterns. Silverlight offers a compelling RIA development experience that works on Linux, the Mac and windows as well as all major browsers. With HD video, vector based graphics and a rich set of controls including DataGrid Silverlight offers a compelling development experience in nearly any programming language you’d like from C# and VB to JavaScript and Python. Learn how to use Visual Studio to create applications, how to create UI using XAML markup and code, how to retrieve data from the web, and how to manipulate data with XML and LINQ. This talk uses the 100% free Silverlight runtime and Visual Studio tools.