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  • Browser competition moves Web applications forward

    The Ajax landscape continues to be a place of many frameworks, but several of these library frameworks seem to have gained ground in terms of general acceptance. They are also beginning to take on ...

  • How to sort out Ajax and RIA frameworks

    Confused by a dizzying number of Ajax frameworks? You are not alone. Curl's Richard Monson-Haefel, formerly of Burton Group has some suggestions for the Ajax and RIA developer.

  • Ajax mature enough for the enterprise

    Edwin Aoki, technology fellow at AOL LLC., delivered a keynote address titled "Ajax in the Real World" at The Ajax Experience conference in San Francisco on Wednesday. A veteran of user interface t...

  • Podcast: SOA and Web 2.0 – why composite apps mat

    The common thread between SOA and Web 2.0 is composite applications. This podcast investigates the realities and best practices of composite app assembly.

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  • At The Ajax Experience 2 Continued: Browser competition moves Web applications forward

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    Confused by a dizzying number of Ajax frameworks? You are not alone. Curl's Richard Monson-Haefel, formerly of Burton Group has some suggestions for the Ajax and RIA developer. 

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    Should JavaScript and HTML be replaced with "proper" languages that might give more bang for the buck in rich Internet applications (RIAs)? One reader writes to suggest that it is time to move on from JavaScript and HTML, but the next question is wha... 

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    Microsoft Silverlight 2.0, which is nearing beta, will make it easier for .NET developers to use Visual Basic instead of JavaScript as a scripting language for rich Internet application (RIA) development, according to Scott Guthrie, a Microsoft vice ... 

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    Groovy is what Java would be if it had been created in the 21st century, says one programmer. Although it still ranks below Java, C, C++, C#, Visual Basic, PHP, and even Fortran, Groovy has been quickly moving up the charts as more and more developer... 

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    As rich Internet application (RIA) development accelerates, a variety of technologies are becoming available including DHTML, Ajax, Adobe Flash, and Microsoft Silverlight. This article compares these choices to help RIA developers determine which one... 

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    Squish, the GUI testing tool, has been updated by froglogic GmbH. Squish 3.3 supports creating and running automated GUI tests of applications based on a variety of user interface technologies including Ajax and Eclipse RPC, and supports a variety of... 

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    Versioning of the Web with Web 2.0 is often seen as marketing hype, but this author sees it as a way of designating the evolution of the Web, starting with Web 1.0, which is the original 1990s version, followed by Web 2.0 with the advent of Ajax and ... 

  • WSO2 releases mashup server

    WSO2 Inc., an open-source SOA vendor, combines Web services and JavaScript in its release of Mashup Server 1.0. WSO2 also announced creation of a hosted online version of the Mashup Server, which provides a community site for developing, running, and... 

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    The Zend Studio for Eclipse IDE plug-in for the PHP scripting language, a cornerstone of the Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP (LAMP) stack for Web services development, is now available for download from Zend Technologies Inc. The company is also releasi... 

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    The Ajax landscape continues to be a place of many frameworks, but several of these library frameworks seem to have gained ground in terms of general acceptance. They are also beginning to take on similar traits. In some cases, they have even shared ... 

  • How to sort out Ajax and RIA frameworks

    Confused by a dizzying number of Ajax frameworks? You are not alone. Curl's Richard Monson-Haefel, formerly of Burton Group has some suggestions for the Ajax and RIA developer. 

  • Junk JavaScript?

    Should JavaScript and HTML be replaced with "proper" languages that might give more bang for the buck in rich Internet applications (RIAs)? One reader writes to suggest that it is time to move on from JavaScript and HTML, but the next question is wha... 

  • Silverlight 2.0 for RIAs coming soon

    Microsoft Silverlight 2.0, which is nearing beta, will make it easier for .NET developers to use Visual Basic instead of JavaScript as a scripting language for rich Internet application (RIA) development, according to Scott Guthrie, a Microsoft vice ... 

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    Groovy is what Java would be if it had been created in the 21st century, says one programmer. Although it still ranks below Java, C, C++, C#, Visual Basic, PHP, and even Fortran, Groovy has been quickly moving up the charts as more and more developer... 

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    As rich Internet application (RIA) development accelerates, a variety of technologies are becoming available including DHTML, Ajax, Adobe Flash, and Microsoft Silverlight. This article compares these choices to help RIA developers determine which one... 

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    Squish, the GUI testing tool, has been updated by froglogic GmbH. Squish 3.3 supports creating and running automated GUI tests of applications based on a variety of user interface technologies including Ajax and Eclipse RPC, and supports a variety of... 

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    Versioning of the Web with Web 2.0 is often seen as marketing hype, but this author sees it as a way of designating the evolution of the Web, starting with Web 1.0, which is the original 1990s version, followed by Web 2.0 with the advent of Ajax and ... 

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    WSO2 Inc., an open-source SOA vendor, combines Web services and JavaScript in its release of Mashup Server 1.0. WSO2 also announced creation of a hosted online version of the Mashup Server, which provides a community site for developing, running, and... 

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    The Zend Studio for Eclipse IDE plug-in for the PHP scripting language, a cornerstone of the Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP (LAMP) stack for Web services development, is now available for download from Zend Technologies Inc. The company is also releasi... 

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About Scripting languages

A scripting language is a form of programming language that is usually interpreted rather than compiled. Learn more about scripting language basics and best practices with how-to resources for architects and developers working on SOA and Web services projects.