hen it comes to their GUIs, distributed applications have always observed a pendulum effect. The early enterprise distributed application comprised a heavy centralized server with a dumb terminal for data
he World Wide Web has traditionally used a book or slideshow metaphor as the basis for navigation between hyperlinks. Clicking on a link is like flicking from one page to
obust support for Web standards is now the norm rather than the exception. If you develop applications for a purely Microsoft-centric environment then you probably haven’t had to care much
very nerd loves the XMLHttpRequest. It supplies the functionality of which Web programmers’ dreams are made. Web applications start behaving like desktop applications. Things work as they’re “supposed to,” freeing
he time has come, at last, for a major update of Flash?Macromedia’s flagship animation and interactive development tool. Expected in early September, Flash 8 (Macromedia has officially dropped the useless
ast month I tried to encourage readers to embrace a couple of simple math concepts to expand the ol’ ActionScript skill set. I tried to show that by understanding some
s Web applications become more sophisticated, developers increasingly need to be able to incorporate dynamic graphics and animation. Unfortunately, Web browsers were originally designed to display static HTML; displaying dynamic
JAX is catching on, but handling multiple XML responses on the client side is difficult. Current methods of easing the hassle ignore important programming principles that are known to help
penLaszlo, an open source framework sponsored by LaszloSystems, has attracted a significant attention after Earthlink, the second largest Internet Service Provider, announced that it will use OpenLaszlo technology for its