Videos tagged with Rich Internet Apps

Summary Peter Pilgrim makes an introduction to the Java FX platform, presenting its scripting language, the standard deployment method of applications, client integration with the server and what’s planned for its future. Bio Peter is a Sun Certified Java Architect for Java EE5. He has delivered talks on JavaFX for the Erlang Exchange, CommunityOne , San Francisco and the ACCU Oxford Conf...

Summary Jnan Dash makes an introduction to enterprise RIA and of Curl, an enterprise RIA platform similar to Flash/Flex. He presents 4 examples of successful Curl implementations and the advantages of Curl over the other RIA solutions. Bio Jnan Dash worked 10 years at Oracle as Group VP, Systems Architecture and Technology. Prior to joining Oracle in 1992, he spent 16 years at IBM in various po...

Summary In this talk from FutureRuby Adam Blum shows Rhodes, an open source Ruby-based framework for building locally executing apps with access to device features for all major smartphone devices. Bio Adam Blum is CEO of Rhomobile , the open mobile framework company. He is a longtime founder/CTO/VP of Engineering of several successful startups in the web services and mobile spaces (Commerce On...

Summary What is the Google Web Toolkit, what can you do with it, and why should you use it? Using our real world experience building Lombardi Blueprint as a case study this presentation will answer these questions. We'll also touch on GWT's place in the development life cycle, including interaction with designers, the efficiency of the generated code, and present some useful design patterns and...

Summary In this session filmed during QCon London 2008, Joe Walker presents Comet, a long polling AJAX method used for updating the browser’s page, and DWR, a Java library for writing web sites using AJAX. Bio Joe Walker is lead developer of the DWR framework, and Director of Support and Development at Sitepen UK. He is a frequent speaker at industry events like InfoQ, JavaOne, FoWA and T...

Summary This presentation explains how and why to use GWT and Gears to create rich internet applications that can also be run off-line. GWT basics like java/javascript integration, Widgets, RPC support, unit testing, CSS, and the debugger are covered before introducing Gears as the means for off-line delivery. Together, GWT and Gears "makes your browser the platform." Bio Didier Girard is Chief...

Summary Tim Bray talks about why he is not convinced with the buzz surrounding Rich Internet Applications and shares his ideas on Cloud Computing. He also expresses his opinion regarding the debate REST vs. WS-* and the future directions web technologies will be taking. Bio Tim Bray launched one of the first public web search engines in '95, co-invented XML 1.0, co-edited "Namespaces in XML", s...

Summary In this presentation recorded during QCon London 2008, Christophe Coenraets presents Flex and AIR, two technologies from Adobe used to create, deploy and run Rich Internet Applications. After a brief introduction to each technology, Coenraets showed some applications built with them. Bio Christophe Coenraets is a Senior Technical Evangelist at Adobe. He focuses on rich Internet applicat...

Summary In this interview from QCon San Francisco 2008, Vertigo CEO Scott Stanfield discusses Silverlight. Topics covered include the Silverlight feature set, the development paradigm, developer/designer workflow, future changes in both versions 2 and 3, Silverlight adoption, cross-platform support, the future of RIAs, cloud computing, and business RIAs. Bio Scott Stanfield is the CEO of Vertig...

Summary Silverlight 2 is a cross-platform, cross-browser plug-in and runtime for building rich internet applications. Mike Taulty walks through Silverlight basics such as the UI Model progresses to building applications with both Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Studio. Bio Mike Taulty works in the Developer and Platform Group at Microsoft, UK. Before joining Microsoft, Mike spent the previous...