November 13, 2011 1:19 AM
Posted by: Jack Vaughan
Ajax,
Mobile device developmentThe mobile web application development world may create many unanticipated aches and pains if word out of Adobe this week is a guide. The company said it would give up work on Flash plug-ins for mobile browsers.
Of course, the late Steve Jobs' well-publicized disdain for Flash - he cited speed...
December 16, 2010 6:15 PM
Posted by: Jack Vaughan
Ajax,
SOA performance management,
User storyThe growth of Web-connected systems tapping into back-ends has led to a proliferation of services. The proliferation can lead to increased systems' loads. That expansion has led development shops to place more emphasis than ever on test and performance tools.
Such an apparent case of ''if you...
December 7, 2010 4:12 PM
Posted by: Jack Vaughan
Ajax,
web applications,
XMLAs Doug Crockford created JSON it became something of an antidote to XML. This was bound to happen, because the issues developers had with XML were so plentiful. JSON, of course, with an API that fit on a business card, was more than a counter-statement. It was a big success in the making. Twitter...
September 22, 2010 7:39 PM
Posted by: Jack Vaughan
Ajax,
Java,
JavaOneIt is known for its servers, but even before it purchased Java-originator Sun Microsystems, Oracle had interest in client side technology. Still, it was surprising how much time Oracle's Thomas Kurian devoted to user interface issues in his JavaOne Keynote Monday.
The big push is to provide Java...
June 22, 2010 1:34 PM
Posted by: Jack Vaughan
Ajax,
Enterprise mashupsWhen people first started trotting out DHTML apps for wireless devices in the ‘90s a common mistake was to require that the app was always on, always connected. The problem was not limited to wireless devices.
Enter the asynchronous architecture. Ajax especially proved to provide just enough...
February 23, 2010 4:48 PM
Posted by: Mpontacoloni
AjaxBy Jack Vaughan
XML-based Web services were the most direct antecedent for SOA. They also spawned Ajax, or Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. We often tend to focus on the server-side advances in services, but we should not overlook the services advances on the front-end, and Ajax is chief among...
February 18, 2010 8:18 PM
Posted by: RobBarry
AjaxAsynchronous JavaScript and XML, more commonly called Ajax, turned five today. As SearchSOA.com reports, it was on Feb. 18, 2005 that user interface expert Jesse James Garrett first coined the term.
As the story goes, Garrett had developed a prototype Ajax application for a client. The...
January 7, 2010 8:45 PM
Posted by: Jack Vaughan
Ajax,
RESTJoe McKendrick has an interesting post about a cool new schema. It relates to JSON, and is meant to give JSON apps data handling capabilities that are a bit more robust.
September 16, 2009 2:20 PM
Posted by: Jack Vaughan
AjaxAccording to Microsoft’s Soma Somasegar, the company released Doloto, a tool that analyzes Ajax application workloads and automatically performs code splitting of existing large web applications. The tool...
