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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 »
System.Globalization namespace in .NET
The .NET Framework has built-in support for globalisation in its System.Globalization namespace. This namespace can help you build international support into your applications. Read more »
Microsoft eyes making desktop apps free
Even as Microsoft readies a host of new ad-supported online services to battle rivals, the software maker has been mulling a plan to offer free, ad-supported versions of some of its desktop products, CNET News.com has learned. Read more »
Xen leads Novell's turnaround effort in Linux
Novell will try to recover from earlier Linux fumbles by releasing major updates on Monday, adding Xen virtualisation software to its enterprise server product and glitzy graphics to the desktop counterpart. Read more »
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Simplify .NET class communication with delegates
What are delegates and what are they good for? Lamont Adams explains how to use them in your .NET apps and has some sample code, to boot. Read more »
Secure your .NET smart client apps with CAS
.NET allows code to be downloaded onto several workstations, which increases security concerns. Fortunately, the .NET Framework offers a solution--code access security (CAS). Read more »
Develop Applications for the BlackBerry
Want to develop apps for the Blackberry handheld devices on the market in Australia? Try this "Hello World" primer from David McAmis. Read more »
Tools for building Pocket PC Flash applications
Can you build real world Flash applications for the Pocket PC? You better believe it, and we'll show you the basics. Read more »
Take advantage of Microsoft's Application Blocks for .NET
Application Blocks for .NET include source code and sample applications. Take advantage of these tools and get a head start on your next project. Read more »
Building Java apps with Maven
Maven is more than just a build tool. Used properly, it can help manage your projects and aid deployment. We'll show you how Read more »
Make VB apps scriptable
Although the Windows Script Host (WSH) has had an inordinate amount of bad press as the enabling medium behind scores of e-mail viruses, it does have potential for application developers. Read more »
Windows Script Control: Making VB apps scriptable
How can the Windows Scripting Host and the Windows Script Control provide a cheap but serviceable alternative to VBA for providing automation scripting in a Visual Basic application? Read more »
Introduction to the Google Web Toolkit
At the Google Developer Day conference 2008 in Sydney, Lars Rasmussen, the head of engineering for Google Australia gave an overview of the Google Web Toolkit (GWT) with his presentation "AJAX with Google Web Toolkit". 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 »
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Microsoft's PDC Potpourri
-- While not game-breaking in their own right, these little titbits complete the picture from Microsoft's recent PDC conference at Los Angeles. Read more »
Another iTunes, another toolkit
-- What lessons should developers take from Apple's Human Interface Guidelines if the company that writes them cannot even adhere to them? Read more »
Developer creates Mac UI for Java apps
-- Java developers may soon be able to get their apps looking less ugly and more Mac-like if a promising new project continues. Read more »
Lets Shindig!
-- At this year's Google Developer Day in Sydney, Dan Peterson and John Hjelmstad talked about Apache Shindig, an open source implementation of OpenSocial and gadgets. 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 »
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Social news start-up Streem shuts downSydney social news start-up Streem will shut down this afternoon, according to a heartfelt notice posted on the site this morning by its founder Elgar Welch. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.