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Apple ramps up involvement in SproutCore
Is SproutCore turning into Cocoa for the web? The JavaScript framework, designed to make development of desktop-like web applications easier, was given an unofficial endorsement at WWDC by the inclusion of a session explaining how to use SproutCore's offline data storage features. It was revealed that Apple's new MobileMe takes advantage of SproutCore.
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Is Google Gears Positioned to Add Features to the Web?
After one year, some argue that "Gears" seems to be shifting its focus from enabling off-line Web applications to accelerating the development of new features to the Web, sometimes competing with HTML 5 and using an unfair competitive advantage: a browser in the browser. What do you think?
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Client Side Storage Momentum Continues with PersistJS and MySpace Adoption of Gears
PersistJS, a JavaScript framework enabling client-side data storage, was released last week by Paul Duncan. MySpace also made an announcement at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco this week that they are now using Gears for message searching. With the Gears solution in place, full-text searches are performed on the client side.
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Client-Server Computing: The Future Web?
The most recent buzz on the web has been about Ajax and improved user experiences. Looking to the future, some suggest that the "old" client-server model will be the way to meet users expectations and demands. Could Client-Server computing be the follow-on to Web 2.0 technologies?
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Zoho Leverages Google Gears to Provide Offline Support for Ajax Applications
Zoho, a online office productivity software company, recently extended its flagship AJAX based RIA product Zoho Writer with offline capabilities using Google Gears. InfoQ.com spoke to Raju Vegesna of Zoho to learn more about the process.
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Google Gears Continues Momentum with ORM API and Support From Popular Javascript Projects
The Google Gears team recently blogged about their roadmap and development process. It covers what the focus will be for the next few months and emphasizes their plan to keep Gears' development out in the open. The first (official) version of the GearsORM project has also been released.
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Google Gears: Industry Reactions The Day After
As part of their developer days activities this week Google announced a new offline web application API Google Gears.
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HAML: The Beauty of Efficiency
The creator of HAML, an alternative templating language for Rails, feels that 20 minutes is all you’ll need to fall in love with its simplicity. However, a blogger named Grigsby disagrees, claiming that 2 minutes is all it takes. InfoQ investigates.
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OpenLaszlo 4.0 Released with Flash and DHTML/Ajax Support
Laszlo Systems has announced the release of OpenLaslzo 4.0. OpenLaszlo is an open source RIA platform that allows developers to compile and target their applications to either an Ajax or Flash runtime.
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OpenLaszlo Legals Preview Compiles to DHTML
The OpenLaszlo project has had a lot of attention in the Java community, being one of the first solutions for building rich internet applications via compiling XML apps into Flash SWF files. OpenLaszlo has released their first preview of OpenLaszlo Legals which can now compile RIA apps into DHTML.
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SOA Meets Web 2.0 at SOA Executive Forum
InfoWorld is holding an SOA Executive today at which an expert panel discussed Web 2.0 in the context of SOA, how businesses can develop composite apps outside the firewall using technologies typically considered Web 2.0.