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Startup tames open source for enterprise mobility

The ability to support the myriad of mobile devices in a coherent way is a bugbear for mobilising enterprise applications, but one local start up has leveraged open source components to make it all happen without the need for an on-premise server or native app.

By Rodney Gedda | 14 June, 2011 15:29

Tags: Blink Mobile, central coast, mobile applications, open source, PhoneGap, regional IT

Open source Jspresso serves multi-channel RIA

After more than a year of development the open source Jspresso project has released version 3.5 which promises to streamline rich Internet application development for Flash, Ajax and Swing interfaces.

By Rodney Gedda | 21 June, 2010 14:07

Tags: ajax, application serving, groovy, Java, Jspresso, open source, ria, rich internet applications, tomcat

Open source Vaadin bridges Java to Ajax

With rich Internet applications all the rage an open source Web framework dubbed Vaadin promises rapid Ajax development while keeping Java code on the server.

By Rodney Gedda | 19 May, 2010 10:11

Tags: ajax, Java, javascript, open source, ria, rich internet applications, Vaadin

Need desktop access over the Web? Try some Guacamole

A new open source project dubbed Guacamole allows users to access a desktop remotely through a Web browser, potentially streamlining the requirements for client support and administration.

By Rodney Gedda | 04 May, 2010 10:15

Tags: desktop linux, Guacamole, html 5, Java, Linux, open source, remote displays, virtual desktops, VNC, XML

The iPad makes demands on Web developers

Web developers behind the sites on Apple's approved list of iPad-ready online destinations have confronted an issue that the device-maker is forcing to the fore: are official World Wide Web Consortium standard languages sufficient tools to deliver cutting edge functionality, or do plug-ins lead the way in design innovation?

By Joab Jackson | 06 April, 2010 06:50

Tags: Adobe, Apple, Flash, Google, google web toolkit, html 5, iPad

Web app developers showered with advice

Hopeful entrepreneurs and developers attending the Future of Web Apps conference in Miami Beach received a heavy dose of real-world advice from successful peers, including some tips that at first pass seem counterintuitive.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 25 February, 2010 08:02

Tags: Facebook, reddit, startups, web applications

Google Maps adds real estate app

Google has added a real estate search to its Google Maps service in Australia, letting potential home buyers view available properties across all real estate companies in a particular area.

By Computerworld Staff | 07 July, 2009 08:15

Tags: Google Maps, google street view, real estate

Google to promote Web speed on new developer site

Google has created a Web site for developers that is focused exclusively on making Web applications, sites and browsers faster.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 24 June, 2009 06:52

Tags: Google, Google Code, web development

Aussie devs make Wave with Google Web Toolkit

Google's latest offering, the Web-based real-time collaboration suite dubbed Wave, began life in Sydney, Australia, as a start-up project built with Google's open source Web Toolkit project.

By Rodney Gedda | 29 May, 2009 11:50

Tags: ajax, collaboration, css, Google, google wave, google web toolkit, html 5, Java, javascript

Google seeks to boost geo apps with new Maps API

Google has released a new API for Google Maps designed to relieve developers of the burden of maintaining their own repositories for geographical data.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 22 May, 2009 04:19

Tags: api, geolocation, Google, Google Maps

Commbank taps Ajax for biggest Web site redesign

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) will launch its largest and most ambitious customer experience project this week with an Ajax-enabled Web portal allowing customers to personalise their online banking sessions.

By Rodney Gedda | 18 May, 2009 14:24

Tags: ajax, commonwealth bank, .net, oracle, single sign-on

JavaScript - the Web site performance killer, Google guru says

Nowadays, even regular Web surfers know some of the things to avoid when designing a Web site for fast performance. Cut the number of requests to the Web server. Shrink JPEG sizes. Employ a content delivery network vendor like Akamai Technologies Inc. or Limelight Networks Inc.

By Eric Lai | 14 May, 2009 08:03

Tags: ajax, akamai, Google, javascript, limelight, Microsoft, Yahoo

Microsoft tool measures JavaScript performance

Boosting visibility into Web client interactions, Microsoft released this week Visual Studio 2008 AJAX Profiling Extensions, a "power tool" for measuring performance of portions of Web applications executing JavaScript inside a browser.

By Paul Krill | 01 May, 2009 07:59

Tags: ajax, javascript, Microsoft

Google updates App Engine, adds Java support

Google has announced a new version of its Google App Engine platform including preliminary support for Java applications with the inclusion of an industry standard J2EE server in the cloud.

By Rodney Gedda | 08 April, 2009 13:00

Tags: ajax, cloud computing, eclipse, Google, google app engine, IBM WebSphere, j2ee, Java, tomcat

Google gets competitive, taking Gmail users offline

Google on Tuesday launched an updated version of Gmail that lets users access their accounts without an Internet connection.

By Sharon Gaudin | 29 January, 2009 07:59

Tags: gmail, Google, openoffice

Zend adds Flash links to PHP

Concentrating on rich Internet applications, Zend Technologies is backing Adobe's Action Message Format (AMF) in Zend Framework 1.7.

By Paul Krill | 20 November, 2008 07:06

Tags: Adobe Action Message Format, php, ria, zend

JavaFX RIA technology almost ready

JavaFX, Sun Microsystems' entrant in the rich Internet application (RIA) space, is nearly ready for prime time and, by the way, the company is making money off of Java, company officials said Monday afternoon at the Adobe Max 2008 conference in San Francisco.

By Paul Krill | 19 November, 2008 07:25

Tags: javafx, ria

Aptana introduces AJAX servers

Aptana last week announced the release of Aptana Jaxer 1.0 and the introduction of Jaxer Pro, both of which are "AJAX servers" that let developers build Web applications using JavaScript, DOM, CSS, and HTML.

By Paul Krill | 03 November, 2008 08:38

Tags: Aptana

OpenAjax moves on interoperability, security

The OpenAjax Alliance plans in 2009 to finish off two interoperability technologies for AJAX developers, IBM officials said at the AJAXWorld RIA Conference & Expo on Monday.

By Paul Krill | 21 October, 2008 11:40

Tags: OpenAjax

Mozilla Labs pursues Web development tools

Dissatisfied with the Web development tools already available, researchers at the newly formed Developer Tools Lab at Mozilla Labs intend to find better options.

By Paul Krill | 15 October, 2008 09:18

Tags: Mozilla Labs

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