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Sencha Architect: Visual HTML5, sort of

Sencha describes Sencha Architect 2, the latest incarnation of its visual Web development tool, as "a massive upgrade to Ext Designer," the previous version. The name change from Designer to Architect reflects the product's new focus. Instead of a tool for building Web UIs, Sencha says the new version is suitable for creating complete Web applications, both for UI designers and back-end developers. That's true up to a point.

By Neil McAllister | 16 May, 2012 20:12

Tags: web development, software, Sencha, mobile technology, Mobile Development, javascript, html5, Gap, Development tools, application development, amp

Super Glue website comes unstuck after Javascript attack

Five days after it was first discovered, the website of the Super Glue Corporation is still serving visitors with a malicious script, pushing them to sites selling fake security software, security company Avast has revealed.

By John E Dunn | 12 August, 2011 04:30

Tags: Personal Tech, security, Super Glue Corp.

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

RIM urges BlackBerry users to turn off JavaScript

Research in Motion is recommending that IT departments and users disable JavaScript on their BlackBerry devices, citing a vulnerability unearthed at this year's Pwn2Own hacker challenge.

By Brad Reed | 17 March, 2011 03:45

Tags: Blackberry, consumer electronics, Google, networking, Phones, smartphones, wireless

Microsoft's IE exec downplays JavaScript scores

Microsoft's top executive for Internet Explorer (IE) today dismissed browser speed trials as "at best, not very useful, and at worst, misleading."

By Gregg Keizer | 18 November, 2010 08:31

Tags: applications, browsers, internet, Microsoft, mozilla, operating systems, software, Windows

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

Startup preps Web-based prototyping service

A new service that allows drag-and-drop prototyping for Web applications is due for release next month and promises to streamline project management by displaying the desired result in real-time.

By Rodney Gedda | 04 June, 2010 11:32

Tags: adobe flex, CeBIT 2010, Flash, Freshweb, Insit-UI, project management, Rapid Prototyping, user interface, web design, web development

JavaScript library lets iPad read Flash advertisements

A mobile advertising company has written a JavaScript library that makes Flash advertisements viewable on devices such as the iPad, working around Apple's opposition to Adobe Systems' multimedia platform.

By Jeremy Kirk | 03 June, 2010 01:41

Tags: adobe flash, apple ipad, html 5, iPad, javascript, online advertising, Smokescreen, Flash

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

Google speeds up Chrome browser

Google's latest beta version of its Chrome browser packs a performance boost to the Javascript engine that the company describes as "hefty" and adds the ability to apply pre-defined browser preferences in multiple machines through users' centralized Google accounts.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 05 May, 2010 06:27

Tags: Google, Google Chrome, web browsers

Home grown eMed app gets Web 2.0 refresh

The University of NSW Faculty of Medicine has developed an in-house student management system, dubbed eMed, which has remained cost competitive with commercial software for seven years and is now being extended into the Web 2.0 paradigm.

By Rodney Gedda | 16 March, 2010 09:43

Tags: application development, eclipse, javascript, Lotus Domino, medical, university of new south wales, unsw, web 2.0

Twitter to simplify integration of 'tweets' into Web sites

Twitter plans to launch a new platform that lets Web publishers display 'tweets' on their sites more broadly and easily than is possible today via the company's APIs (application programming interfaces).

By Juan Carlos Perez | 16 March, 2010 07:04

Tags: api, integration, javascript, social networking, twitter

JSON data interchange format gets standards blessing

An up-and-coming lightweight data interchange format for Web applications, considered by a growing number of people to be an alternative to XML, has gotten a boost from the standards body Ecma.

By Joab Jackson | 11 December, 2009 08:55

Tags: data integration, javascript, JSON, XML

Google releases core development tools as open source

Google has decided to release as open source several of its key application development tools, hoping that they will prove useful for external programmers to build faster Web applications.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 06 November, 2009 07:46

Tags: Google, Google Code, javascript, software development

IBM tool eases JavaScript development

Countering rivals Microsoft and Adobe Systems, IBM is offering a free tool to simplify development of JavaScript-based Web applications, featuring use of a modeling language, according to IBM sources.

By Paul Krill | 09 September, 2009 10:34

Tags: eclipse, Enterprise Generation Language (EGL), IBM, javascript, rich internet applications, web 2.0

Google's speed push more best practices than revolution

Google's attempt at rallying developers, ISPs and others to increase the speed at which the Internet operates focuses less on rip-and-replace and more on a set of best practices that includes compression techniques, optimized JavaScript code and Web graphics, and reductions in HTML file sizes.

By John Fontana | 25 June, 2009 08:01

Tags: Google, html, javascript

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

Ample SDK gets set for cross-browser apps development

Ample SDK, a GUI toolkit for building cross-browser, client-side applications through a "natural and efficient" development experience, is set to make its debut as a 1.0 release on November 1, the founder of the project said on Thursday.

By Paul Krill | 12 June, 2009 09:12

Tags: ample sdk, javascript

Firefox 3.5 features new Javascript engine, built-in video

The next version of Firefox will include next-generation features Mozilla hopes will help the browser stand apart from competitors.

By Elizabeth Montalbano | 11 June, 2009 04:16

Tags: firefox, firefox 3.5, javascript, mozilla firefox, Ogg Theora

Hackers claim $10,000 prize for breaking into StrongWebmail

Hackers love a challenge. And more than that, they love cash.

By Robert McMillan | 05 June, 2009 05:41

Tags: application security, ethical hacking, hacking, javascript, StrongWebmail, webmail

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