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Open-source Eclipse barrels down Ajax path
The open-source development tools consortium fills out its projects for Ajax-style Web development. Read more »
AJAX sets off tools race
The growing popularity of interactive Web sites has set off a race among software companies, each pitching their own development toolkit. Read more »
JBoss Seam knits AJAX and Java together
The Seam project provides an open source framework for Web 2.0 applications written in Java Read more »
AJAX spurs Web rebirth for desktop apps
Slicker development techniques like AJAX, a way of building interactive browser-based applications, are fuelling a surge in consumer Web applications. Read more »
IBM eyes programming for the masses
IBM is working on a project, called QEDwiki, that takes a stab at a long-held industry promise: end-user programming. Read more »
JavaScript opens doors to browser-based attacks
Security researchers have found a way to use JavaScript to map a home or corporate network and attack connected servers or devices, such as printers or routers. Read more »
Software turns .Net to Flash
The race to build more-powerful Web-based applications could accelerate with the addition of software that lets Windows developers create Flash applications without knowing Flash. Read more »
Sydney duo plot end of Post-it notes
After more than a year in development, two Sydney-based developers have launched their online solution to the paper-based 'to-do' list using advanced Web development techniques. Read more »
Take browsers to the limit: Google
The only way to transform the Web into the desktop platform of the future is to fully embrace bleeding edge features in browser software, the creator of Google Maps says. Read more »
Microsoft Web plan takes aim at Google
Microsoft plans to open access to MSN and its other public Web sites to let developers assemble new applications that build on those sites -- a technique used successfully at Google and other Web companies to promote their properties. Read more »
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Flash, HTML, AJAX: Which will win the Web app war?
The days when Web pages were static collections of text and graphics are long past. But as the Web matures, there's a fierce competition over which technology will propel it into a medium for rich, interactive applications. Read more »
Be aware of AJAX's drawbacks
Some developers view AJAX as the silver bullet for every scenario. However, AJAX introduces its own set of hazards in various areas, which include: development time, browsing history and experience, search engine interaction, accessibility, server load, and security. Read more »
Cleaning up with AJAX
Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) is one of the latest fads in creating interactive Web applications. In this article we'll introduce the AJAX programming model and show how to get started. Read more »
The Seven Deadly Sins of AJAX application development
The AJAX bandwagon is a good place to be. It takes you to faster, more efficient, more dynamic apps. But it also has pitfalls all its own. Read more »
Avoiding AJAX DOM manipulation pitfalls
Javascript is simultaneously the most ever-present and most useful tool for a Web application developer. The real-time, interpreted nature of using Javascript in the browser means that you have to be extremely careful when dealing with the Document Object Model (DOM). Read more »
Why qooxdoo falls short on its goal of simplification
The days of building Web applications from scratch are over, as a variety of JavaScript libraries are freely available to provide a solid foundation. Qooxdoo is an open source AJAX Framework that simplifies building Web user interfaces. Read more »
Adding AJAX to Java with DWR
Making web-based Java applications more interactive doesn't need to be difficult. The Direct Web Remoting toolkit takes much of the hassle out of AJAX Read more »
Getting to know ColdFusion 8
In the final interview of our MAX07 series, we talk with Tim Buntel, senior product marketing manager ColdFusion, and discuss the release of ColdFusion 8 Read more »
Multidimensional arrays in Javascript
Javascript has no inbuilt support for multidimensional arrays, however the language is flexible enough that you can emulate this behaviour easily by populating your arrays with separate arrays, creating a multi-level structure. Read more »
Starting with Spry
Spry is intended to be a way of easily implementing Ajax; designers with entry level HTML, CSS and JavaScript experience should find Spry an easy way to integrate content. Read more »
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Google brew Java with Ajax
-- This week Google released a new toolkit for Java developers to make writing AJAX applications easy. Read more »
Spellr.us needs a new dictionary
-- One of the only Australian start-ups to present at the recent round of conferences in the US was Sydney-based spellr.us, which has launched a Web-based tool to check and monitor websites for spelling mistakes. Read more »
Microsoft services VS2008 & .NET 3.5
-- Microsoft has just announced the release to manufacturing of the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Visual Studio 2008 SP1. Read more »
This week's news regex: Open[A-Za-z]+
-- If there were announcements to be made this week, many of the usual suspects chose Oracle's OpenWorld conference in San Francisco as the place to make them. Read more »
The break-up of Borland
-- This week I caught up with David Intersomone, VP of developer relations worldwide, and Malcolm Groves, regional product director for Asia Pacific, from Borland's Developer Tools Group to talk about the immediate and planned future of the group once this division is sold by Borland. Read more »
Adobe's MAX Conference 2007, Day One Keynote
-- The big event of a Flex, Flash or ColdFusion developer's year is Adobe's annual conference held this year in Chicago. Builder AU's Andrew Muller attended this year and reports on the first day's opening. Read more »
Top 25 open source projects at Microsoft
-- Microsoft has consistently lowered the bar for developers, and Codeplex seems to be doing a good job of doing the same thing for open-source development on the Microsoft platform. Read more »
The Tamarin Seed
-- In announcing that they've contributed the source code for the ActionScript Virtual Machine (AVM2) to the Mozilla project Adobe has done something really exciting today. Read more »
Helper Monkey to JavaScript's rescue?
-- A new project by Sun Microsystems is looking to tackle the problem of maintaining and debugging JavaScript code by bringing DTrace's tracing framework to the Web 2.0 table. Read more »
Live Blog: MIX 07 Keynote
-- Live blog from the MIX 07 Keynote. Will we see an announcement regarding Silverlight? It certainly appears so. Read more »
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XP stays on life support for longerThis week's Roundup looks at Microsoft's decision to extend the life of Windows XP, the release of Microsoft Surface SDK, Firefox's new Geode plug-in, Yahoo's new tool -- Smush It and more. Read more »
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The good and truly awful celluloid depictions of computers
Ever wonder why your lawyer uncle leaves the room whenever you turn over to Boston Legal? Or why your forensic science cousin can't stand crime drama? You know the answer: it’s the horrid trivialisation and dumbing down of an occupation to make it appear entertaining. Sometimes it is so unbelievable that it actually hurts and yelling at the screen is the only outlet. Read more »
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Apple's iPhone engineers to tour Sydney, Melbourne
Aussie developers will be able to get up close and personal with some of the iPhone engineers in November to learn how to build applications for the platform. Read more »
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Net Neutrality, Ballmer and bad dress -- Club Builder
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