http://dzone.com/links/tag/ria.html DZone: fresh links for developers en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:47:53 GMT The DZone community 2008-08-29T22:47:53Z en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. http://dzone.com/links/feed/frontpage/ria/rss.xml http://www.dzone.com/images/std/dzone.com_258x55.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/ http://dzone.com/links/rss/building_rias_on_j2ee_foundations.html "If you're still using HTML, JavaScript, complicated server deployments, and other technologies that don't "just work," try downloading the free Adobe Flex 3 SDK, a trial edition of Adobe Flex Builder 3 Professional, and the free developer edition of Adobe ColdFusion 8 to begin building better web applications with fewer headaches." coldfusion how-to java ria Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:52:24 GMT http://dzone.com/links/108152.html Abhay Bakshi 2008-08-29T18:52:24Z "If you're still using HTML, JavaScript, complicated server deployments, and other technologies that don't "just work," try downloading the free Adobe Flex 3 SDK, a trial edition of Adobe Flex Builder 3 Professional, and the free developer edition of Adobe ColdFusion 8 to begin building better web applications with fewer headaches."]]> 108152 2008-08-28T17:12:03Z 2008-08-29T18:52:24Z 6 0 125 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/108152.jpg j2eecop http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/12.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/charts_zoom_range_selector_version_2.html this is the second Flex chart range selector. flash-flex gui ria Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:47:08 GMT http://dzone.com/links/107750.html shemesh 2008-08-28T19:47:08Z this is the second Flex chart range selector.]]> 107750 2008-08-27T18:02:33Z 2008-08-28T19:47:08Z 5 0 99 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/107750.jpg shemesh http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/210144.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/can_javafx_make_a_play_for_rich_internet_apps.html With its new JavaFX technology for rich Internet applications, Sun Microsystems hopes to leverage the strength of the Java development base and Java's ubiquitous presence on devices to make a strong run in a race it has entered very late -- and where Adobe Systems and Microsoft have a huge head start. java ria trends Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:24:39 GMT http://dzone.com/links/107844.html Kirill Grouchnikov 2008-08-28T08:24:39Z With its new JavaFX technology for rich Internet applications, Sun Microsystems hopes to leverage the strength of the Java development base and Java's ubiquitous presence on devices to make a strong run in a race it has entered very late -- and where Adobe Systems and Microsoft have a huge head start.]]> 107844 2008-08-27T20:07:06Z 2008-08-28T08:24:39Z 11 0 322 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/107844.jpg kirillcool http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/160542.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/distributing_air_applications_in_a_clean_easy_way.html Tutorial on how to distribute AIR Applications to people that never heard of it. How to avoid to force user to install two things (AIR Runtime and the application itself) and join it on a single, easy process. flash-flex how-to methodology ria Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:07:03 GMT http://dzone.com/links/107668.html diaz 2008-08-27T18:07:03Z Tutorial on how to distribute AIR Applications to people that never heard of it. How to avoid to force user to install two things (AIR Runtime and the application itself) and join it on a single, easy process.]]> 107668 2008-08-27T15:25:00Z 2008-08-27T18:07:03Z 7 0 229 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/107668.jpg diaz http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/210659.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/creating_games_with_javafx_silveira_is_having_too.html I've featured Silveira Neto's JavaFX work (play?) in a couple of recent posts, and it appears that he's had gaming on his mind lately. Silveira is a CS student, CEJUG member and Sun Campus Ambassador at Federal University of Ceará. java ria Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:04:06 GMT http://dzone.com/links/107177.html Thierry.Lefort 2008-08-26T15:04:06Z I've featured Silveira Neto's JavaFX work (play?) in a couple of recent posts, and it appears that he's had gaming on his mind lately. Silveira is a CS student, CEJUG member and Sun Campus Ambassador at Federal University of Ceará.]]> 107177 2008-08-26T10:04:11Z 2008-08-26T15:04:06Z 8 0 287 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/107177.jpg Thierry.Lefort http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/252611.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/what_desktop_applications_can_learn_from_web_appl.html Writing web applications is hard. But it doesn't mean that web applications is a worse class of applications compared to desktop apps. With the advent of RIAs, it's important we don't accidentally throw out the good characteristics of web applications. opinion ria usability Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:17:13 GMT http://dzone.com/links/106754.html teyc 2008-08-26T14:17:13Z Writing web applications is hard. But it doesn't mean that web applications is a worse class of applications compared to desktop apps. With the advent of RIAs, it's important we don't accidentally throw out the good characteristics of web applications.]]> 106754 2008-08-25T09:06:30Z 2008-08-26T14:17:13Z 10 0 346 1 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/106754.jpg teyc http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/170608.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/the_ugly_side_of_developing_air_html_apps.html Lately I’ve been getting a little bummed about AIR, because I’m starting to bump into limitations of the platform more and more. What’s particularly frustrating is that some of these limitations are specific to HTML AIR app dev. So what follows is a couple of issues that have been particularly troublesome when developing Spaz and other HTML/JS AIR apps. ajax css-html javascript ria Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:32:47 GMT http://dzone.com/links/106530.html funkatron 2008-08-24T14:32:47Z Lately I’ve been getting a little bummed about AIR, because I’m starting to bump into limitations of the platform more and more. What’s particularly frustrating is that some of these limitations are specific to HTML AIR app dev. So what follows is a couple of issues that have been particularly troublesome when developing Spaz and other HTML/JS AIR apps.]]> 106530 2008-08-24T00:56:31Z 2008-08-24T14:32:47Z 25 0 559 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/106530.jpg funkatron http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/223894.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/realtime_gps_visualization_within_adobe_air.html Adobe AIR and the Merapi Project have been combined to provide real-time GPS data to AIR applications. This can be used to provide up to the minute geolocal data and other location-based services. flash-flex ria web 2.0 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:26:05 GMT http://dzone.com/links/106365.html ajpowell 2008-08-24T10:26:05Z Adobe AIR and the Merapi Project have been combined to provide real-time GPS data to AIR applications. This can be used to provide up to the minute geolocal data and other location-based services.]]> 106365 2008-08-23T05:31:57Z 2008-08-24T10:26:05Z 10 0 304 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/106365.jpg ajpowell http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/307807.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/javafx_is_dead_long_live_javafx.html Now that Sun has released a preview SDK of JavaFX over at javafx.com, they must be thinking that it is soon ready for the world. I have previously talked about javafx as being forever unfinished, and this was my opinion of it still. But today, I set out to try the preview SDK, and it kind off changed my mind. java opinion other languages ria Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:46:32 GMT http://dzone.com/links/106283.html bloid 2008-08-23T14:46:32Z Now that Sun has released a preview SDK of JavaFX over at javafx.com, they must be thinking that it is soon ready for the world. I have previously talked about javafx as being forever unfinished, and this was my opinion of it still. But today, I set out to try the preview SDK, and it kind off changed my mind.]]> 106283 2008-08-22T21:44:43Z 2008-08-23T14:46:32Z 15 0 459 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/106283.jpg bloid http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/a_year_as_a_coldfusion_developer_now_what.html What a new software developer who learned ColdFusion on his first job thinks and struggles with... coldfusion flash-flex ria Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:02:50 GMT http://dzone.com/links/106094.html henryho 2008-08-22T17:02:50Z What a new software developer who learned ColdFusion on his first job thinks and struggles with...]]> 106094 2008-08-22T10:41:19Z 2008-08-22T17:02:50Z 9 0 324 1 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/106094.jpg henryho http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/323162.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/particles_in_flashand_dealing_with_garbage_collec.html A short AS3 demo of some particles, also uses Matthew Tretter's garbage collection classes. flash-flex ria web design Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:34:38 GMT http://dzone.com/links/105950.html connatser 2008-08-22T10:34:38Z A short AS3 demo of some particles, also uses Matthew Tretter's garbage collection classes.]]> 105950 2008-08-21T20:41:53Z 2008-08-22T10:34:38Z 5 0 234 1 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/105950.jpg connatser http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/327042.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/javafx_preview_highlights_critical_weaknesses.html Sun Microsystems recently released the JavaFX Preview SDK. I decided to revisit what is Sun's last, best hope to recapture both the desktop and the browser in the face of stiff competition. java opinion other languages ria Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:56:21 GMT http://dzone.com/links/105888.html bloid 2008-08-22T03:56:21Z Sun Microsystems recently released the JavaFX Preview SDK. I decided to revisit what is Sun's last, best hope to recapture both the desktop and the browser in the face of stiff competition.]]> 105888 2008-08-21T17:36:22Z 2008-08-22T03:56:21Z 10 0 407 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/105888.jpg bloid http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/project_nile_the_javafx_developer_designer_workfl.html In this screencast, Jeff Hoffman shows you how to download, install, and use Project Nile to enable you to take assets from design tools like Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator and to use them directly in your JavaFX applications. Take a look! other languages ria Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:44:55 GMT http://dzone.com/links/105555.html bloid 2008-08-22T00:44:55Z In this screencast, Jeff Hoffman shows you how to download, install, and use Project Nile to enable you to take assets from design tools like Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator and to use them directly in your JavaFX applications. Take a look!]]> 105555 2008-08-20T23:58:10Z 2008-08-22T00:44:55Z 8 0 87 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/105555.jpg bloid http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/some_reaons_flex_looks_appealing.html James Ward politely pointed out some links where I could see more Flex in action (not the book). After spending some time doing this I started doing a bit of home brewing of my own with Flex. Here are a few reasons why Flex looks appealing to me (in no particular order). flash-flex gui opinion ria Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:54:22 GMT http://dzone.com/links/105869.html Gregg Bolinger 2008-08-21T20:54:22Z James Ward politely pointed out some links where I could see more Flex in action (not the book). After spending some time doing this I started doing a bit of home brewing of my own with Flex. Here are a few reasons why Flex looks appealing to me (in no particular order).]]> 105869 2008-08-21T16:48:10Z 2008-08-21T20:54:22Z 15 0 370 2 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/105869.jpg gdboling http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/152955.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/learn_adobe_air_part_1_build_a_note_storage_app.html The Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) platform changes the game for web developers, taking standard web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and bringing them into a desktop application environment. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to build a personal notes database with Adobe AIR. flash-flex ria Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:52:11 GMT http://dzone.com/links/105606.html bloid 2008-08-21T16:52:11Z The Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) platform changes the game for web developers, taking standard web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and bringing them into a desktop application environment. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to build a personal notes database with Adobe AIR.]]> 105606 2008-08-21T06:18:25Z 2008-08-21T16:52:11Z 13 0 298 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/105606.jpg bloid http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/why_data_as_a_service_isnt_a_bad_idea.html Why the Database as a Service is a Bad Idea but Data as Service isn't a Bad Idea Early this week I encountered the post "Why the Database as a Service is a Bad Idea" written by Arnon Rotem-Gal-Oz in DZone. The title caught my eye and I read the post. I must say that there are a lot of things that I agree with the author and there are some things that I think should be considered again and will be explained in this post. .net how-to microsoft ria Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:12:21 GMT http://dzone.com/links/105419.html gilf 2008-08-21T05:12:21Z Why the Database as a Service is a Bad Idea but Data as Service isn't a Bad Idea Early this week I encountered the post "Why the Database as a Service is a Bad Idea" written by Arnon Rotem-Gal-Oz in DZone. The title caught my eye and I read the post. I must say that there are a lot of things that I agree with the author and there are some things that I think should be considered again and will be explained in this post.]]> 105419 2008-08-20T16:32:24Z 2008-08-21T05:12:21Z 13 0 314 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/105419.jpg gilf http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/301040.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/showcase_visualizing_data_roundup.html Great collection of data visualization systems. flash-flex frameworks gui ria Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:21:01 GMT http://dzone.com/links/105104.html cpinho 2008-08-20T18:21:01Z Great collection of data visualization systems.]]> 105104 2008-08-19T19:30:32Z 2008-08-20T18:21:01Z 4 0 294 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/105104.jpg cpinho http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/306962.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/curl_and_the_java_processing_language.html Richard Monson-Haefel of Curl, Inc. discusses data visualization on the Java and Curl programming langugages: The topic of data visualization was brought up a couple of time before (1, 2) on this site. Data visualization is becomming a very hot area of research for user experience experts. Personally, I find the field fascinating. While researching data visualization a while back I discovered the Java processing language which is an open source project at processing.org. The Java processing language is a really we'll designed domain specific language that can be used to quickly create data visualizations that have wonderful designer aesthetics. The data visualizations run in the Java virtual machine as applets in your browser. It shows that Java is still in the running as a RIA. I've always believed that Curl would make a great data visualization platform. It's so powerful that it could handle some really huge data sets and it has first class 2D and 3D libraries. You can run the curl applications and see the source code at my web site. java open source other languages ria Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:53:32 GMT http://dzone.com/links/105074.html AKarl 2008-08-20T15:53:32Z Richard Monson-Haefel of Curl, Inc. discusses data visualization on the Java and Curl programming langugages: The topic of data visualization was brought up a couple of time before (1, 2) on this site. Data visualization is becomming a very hot area of research for user experience experts. Personally, I find the field fascinating. While researching data visualization a while back I discovered the Java processing language which is an open source project at processing.org. The Java processing language is a really we'll designed domain specific language that can be used to quickly create data visualizations that have wonderful designer aesthetics. The data visualizations run in the Java virtual machine as applets in your browser. It shows that Java is still in the running as a RIA. I've always believed that Curl would make a great data visualization platform. It's so powerful that it could handle some really huge data sets and it has first class 2D and 3D libraries. You can run the curl applications and see the source code at my web site.]]> 105074 2008-08-19T17:45:25Z 2008-08-20T15:53:32Z 4 0 176 1 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/105074.jpg AKarl http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/297833.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/create_a_menu_bar_with_javafx.html Here's a JavaFX example that creates a nice menu bar. how-to java ria Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:36:04 GMT http://dzone.com/links/104955.html Thierry.Lefort 2008-08-19T19:36:04Z Here's a JavaFX example that creates a nice menu bar.]]> 104955 2008-08-19T10:58:11Z 2008-08-19T19:36:04Z 7 0 247 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104955.jpg Thierry.Lefort http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/252611.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/silverlightnet_vs_flashflex_or_not_and_my_silverl.html I was going to present an analogy using different types of cars, but more often than not, the analogy breaks down on some key point or carries some baggage that just doesn’t, and folks start picking apart the analogy and assuming it still applies to the real discussion. The only way to get a perfect analogy is to just talk about what you’re talking about :). So anyway… Lately, I’ve seen a lot of Flash vs. Silverlight posts on various sites. (To the person who thinks this is just about your post, it isn’t >). I usually do my best to stay out of those, because I think the “vs” story is too deep for any one person to accurately portray, but once in a while, I step in. .net flash-flex microsoft ria Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:56:14 GMT http://dzone.com/links/104468.html AlvinAshcraft 2008-08-18T11:56:14Z I was going to present an analogy using different types of cars, but more often than not, the analogy breaks down on some key point or carries some baggage that just doesn’t, and folks start picking apart the analogy and assuming it still applies to the real discussion. The only way to get a perfect analogy is to just talk about what you’re talking about :). So anyway… Lately, I’ve seen a lot of Flash vs. Silverlight posts on various sites. (To the person who thinks this is just about your post, it isn’t >). I usually do my best to stay out of those, because I think the “vs” story is too deep for any one person to accurately portray, but once in a while, I step in.]]> 104468 2008-08-18T00:23:53Z 2008-08-18T11:56:14Z 8 0 431 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104468.jpg alashcraft http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/285573.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/httpgen5infoq20080813convertingasynchronousprogra.html A paper by Thibaud Lopez Schneider shows that we can transform a function written with conventional control structures and synchronous function calls into a set of callback functions that work in an asychronous environment, such as an RIA that uses XHR. Longer-term, tools may evolved that will automate this process, to simplify the development of correct asynchronous applications. .net java javascript ria Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:20:19 GMT http://dzone.com/links/103629.html paul_houle 2008-08-15T03:20:19Z A paper by Thibaud Lopez Schneider shows that we can transform a function written with conventional control structures and synchronous function calls into a set of callback functions that work in an asychronous environment, such as an RIA that uses XHR. Longer-term, tools may evolved that will automate this process, to simplify the development of correct asynchronous applications.]]> 103629 2008-08-14T16:12:51Z 2008-08-15T03:20:19Z 13 0 95 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/103629.jpg paul_houle http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/281687.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/soltice_combines_flex_osgi_and_db4o.html Solstice is the first framework to integrate Flex and OSGi in a single out-of-the-box package. Even though it's still in alpha, it provides a rich set of open source products and technologies, including Adobe Flex, Adobe BlazeDS, OSGi, Eclipse Equinox, Eclipse Equinox Servlet Bridge, JBoss, Felix and db4o. So far it provides the following: - An OSGi 4 compliant container with Flex-based management console. - A platform for deploying modular Flex applications as OSGi bundles. - Rich server functionality using Blaze DS to expose OSGi services as remote objects. announcement database flash-flex ria Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:53:37 GMT http://dzone.com/links/103410.html gerps 2008-08-14T08:53:37Z Solstice is the first framework to integrate Flex and OSGi in a single out-of-the-box package. Even though it's still in alpha, it provides a rich set of open source products and technologies, including Adobe Flex, Adobe BlazeDS, OSGi, Eclipse Equinox, Eclipse Equinox Servlet Bridge, JBoss, Felix and db4o. So far it provides the following: - An OSGi 4 compliant container with Flex-based management console. - A platform for deploying modular Flex applications as OSGi bundles. - Rich server functionality using Blaze DS to expose OSGi services as remote objects.]]> 103410 2008-08-14T04:40:56Z 2008-08-14T08:53:37Z 6 0 186 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/103410.jpg gerps http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/257531.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/curl_is_now_in_the_top_4.html It's been rewarding watching the Curl customer base grow and seeing its adoption gaining more speed as each month passes by. When people talk about the leading RIA solutions (i.e. Flex, Silverlight, JavaFX) you will almost always here them talk about Curl as well. For example, in eWeek last week (print edition only) Darryl Taft listed Curl ( along with Adobe Flash and AIR, Microsoft Silverlight, Sun JavaFX and Mozilla Prism) as leading the pack among top competitors in the RIA space. The RIA community understands that Curl is a powerful solution for the enterprise and a top contender in the RIA market place. flash-flex open source other languages ria Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:48:20 GMT http://dzone.com/links/102898.html AKarl 2008-08-13T17:48:20Z It's been rewarding watching the Curl customer base grow and seeing its adoption gaining more speed as each month passes by. When people talk about the leading RIA solutions (i.e. Flex, Silverlight, JavaFX) you will almost always here them talk about Curl as well. For example, in eWeek last week (print edition only) Darryl Taft listed Curl ( along with Adobe Flash and AIR, Microsoft Silverlight, Sun JavaFX and Mozilla Prism) as leading the pack among top competitors in the RIA space. The RIA community understands that Curl is a powerful solution for the enterprise and a top contender in the RIA market place.]]> 102898 2008-08-12T14:10:40Z 2008-08-13T17:48:20Z 5 0 576 4 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/102898.jpg AKarl http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/297833.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/jakob_nielsens_alertbox_years_10_best_application.html Many winners employ dashboards to give users a single overview of complex information and use lightboxes to ensure that users notice dialogs. Also, the Office 2007 ribbon showed surprisingly strong early adoption. gui ria usability web design Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:11:13 GMT http://dzone.com/links/103117.html Thierry.Lefort 2008-08-13T13:11:13Z Many winners employ dashboards to give users a single overview of complex information and use lightboxes to ensure that users notice dialogs. Also, the Office 2007 ribbon showed surprisingly strong early adoption.]]> 103117 2008-08-13T08:20:50Z 2008-08-13T13:11:13Z 35 0 691 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/103117.jpg Thierry.Lefort http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/252611.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/nandini_ramani_introduces_the_javafx_preview_sdk.html Engineering Director Nandini Ramani introduces JavaFX Preview SDK and shows how to use NetBeans IDE 6.1 With JavaFX to run samples and create an application. how-to java ria Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:56:41 GMT http://dzone.com/links/102766.html Thierry.Lefort 2008-08-12T19:56:41Z Engineering Director Nandini Ramani introduces JavaFX Preview SDK and shows how to use NetBeans IDE 6.1 With JavaFX to run samples and create an application.]]> 102766 2008-08-12T07:19:52Z 2008-08-12T19:56:41Z 10 0 151 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/102766.jpg Thierry.Lefort http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/252611.gif