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Rate Ajaxian » Seadragon: zoom deeply in the world of Ajax

Original at Ajaxian external link    Wed, Nov 26

To build the thing itself you use Deep Zoom Composer and then you choose whether you want the Silverlight version or this Ajax one. The embed viewer is easy to use too. Posted by Dion Almaer at 6:28 am. + + + + +. 5 rating from 2 votes ...

Rate How To: Ajaxian » Canvas Step by Step Tutorial

Original at Ajaxian external link    Mon, Nov 24

Audible Ajax. Episode 25. In Episode 25, we chat about IE 8, standards, Acid3, server side JavaScript, and more. Podcast RSS · View in iTunes · Ajaxian Odeo Channel · Podnova · iPodderX · more podcasts. GET E-MAIL UPDATES ...

Rate Ajaxian » iPhone for JavaScript Developers

Original at Ajaxian external link    Fri, Nov 21

Plus the latest focal area of Ext LLC (ExtGWT) is basically xerox-copying my ideas of “no JavaScript Ajax” and still they’ve got like 100s of Articles and Ra-Ajax have like *ONE* that hurts - not to mention that it is probably not in ...

Rate Ajaxian » FlickrBrot: Happy Birthday Mandelbrot

Original at Ajaxian external link    Thu, Nov 20

It’s “Ajax”, not “AJAX”, stupid. News · Podcasts · Showcases · Resources · Training · Conference · Jobs · Planet .... Audible Ajax. Episode 25. In Episode 25, we chat about IE 8, standards, Acid3, server side JavaScript, and more. ...

Rate Ajaxian » CDNs Gaining Broader Use with JavaScript Libraries

Original at Ajaxian external link    Thu, Nov 20

Most everyone knows that Google has really stepped up to the plate by helping many JavaScript library projects host their builds on the Google AJAX Libraries API. Apart from providing a central distribution point for these libraries, ...

Rate Ajaxian » The Ajax side of AIR

Original at Ajaxian external link    Wed, Nov 19

By Dion Almaer Our internal tests show that HTML-based AIR applications run as much as 35% faster for many types of operations. We have also added support for interactive debuggin fo Ajax-based AIR applications. There is also a nice sample app that ...

Past Month

 

Rate Sys.Observer: Microsoft Ajax 4.0 wants you to be able to be an ...

Original at Ajaxian external link    Tue, Nov 11

By Dion Almaer interface that Microsoft AJAX Components can implement, but without the interface and bloat of implementing a component. The hypothetical "renderWidget" function here could look something like this:. PLAIN TEXT. JAVASCRIPT: ...

Rate Razor Optimizer: Runtime analysis of your Ajax code for optimization

Original at Ajaxian external link    Thu, Nov 6

By Dion Almaer Razor Optimizer itself is a web based JavaScript application that runs in any browser. It contains a server component and a client component. Razor Optimizer client is an Ajax application based on Dojo 1.1. Razor Optimizer Server is a ...

Rate The Ajax Universe: Ben and Dion showcase the Presentation Randomizer

Original at Ajaxian external link    Tue, Nov 4

By Dion Almaer Dion and Ben set the stage for the Ajax Experience by discussing the latest developments, including multithreaded JavaScript technology-powered UIs, robust offline storage, choosing the right Ajax/JavaScript technology framework, ...

Year 2008

 

Rate State of Ajax for June 2008: Apple flexes Open Web muscles

Original at Ajaxian external link    Tue, Jul 1

By Dion Almaer JavaScript An interview with 280 North on Objective-J and CappuccinoSteve Yegge on Server Side JavaScriptJavascript HTML Construction BenchmarkThe fight for cross domain XMLHttpRequesteval(’foo=a’, obj.fn); How you aren’t private in FirefoxGoogle Analytics after onLoad and d...

Rate Podcast: Audible Ajax Episode 27: SproutCore with Charles Jolley

Original at Ajaxian external link    Thu, Jun 19

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By Dion Almaer SproutCore is much more JavaScript focused though, and gives you MVC in the client in a simple and intuitive way. I found it interesting to see how the framework has developed, from its Rails plugin roots, to now (dispel myth: it has no dependency on Rails, just some build files are Ruby).

Rate How To: WaveMaker Visual Ajax Studio 3.1.1 Released

Original at Ajaxian external link    Thu, Feb 28

By Dion Almaer Studio lets users create database- and web service-driven Ajax web applications using a wysiwyg visual designer. WaveMaker helps users create simple applications without any scripting knowledge, while developers can easily add ...

Rate Ajaxian Roundup for December, 2007: It’s the end of the year as we know it

Original at Ajaxian external link    Mon, Dec 31

By Dion Almaer Prototype NASA Relaunches 5.0 with Prototype and Script.aculo.usPacking Down Prototype Microsoft Silverlight 1.^H^H2.0: Controls are hereMicrosoft Labs Volta: .NET Web Toolkit Security Cross Site Scripting Joy: XSS in detailFiltering JavaScript From HTML Content with AntiSammy

Rate Podcast: GWT Conference: December 3-6, 2007

Original at Ajaxian external link    Thu, Nov 15

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By Dion Almaer Advanced Topics Advanced UI programming: Widgets, Panels, DOM, and JSNI Using deferred binding for dependency injection and code generation Designing for no-compromise usability, including tips for maximizing responsiveness, supporting history, and internationalizing well...

Rate Ajax, Browsers, Running Out of Time

Original at Ajaxian external link    Thu, Nov 15

By Dietrich Kappe I'm not alone in this. Colleagues and friends report similar problems with Safari/Mac, IE7/Vista, Firefox/Mac. I've even checked with a friend that runs the helpdesk for a large firm: reported problems with browsers are up. The only one who seems blissfully unaffected is the lone Opera ne...

Rate Opinion: Automated security scanners choke on Ajax

Original at Ajaxian external link    Mon, Oct 8

By Rey Bango It looks like some of the most expensive security scanners can’t handle Ajax code. Information Week reviewed and tested 5 pricey application scanners, including software from IBM & HP, and all, sans IBM’s scanner, failed to pinpoint vulnerabilities with Ajax code:

Rate Podcast: Audible Ajax Episode 21: Dojo Offline on Google Gears

Original at Ajaxian external link    Wed, May 30

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By Dion Almaer Google has announced some big news for Ajax developers at Google Developer Day. The announcement is Google Gears, an open source runtime to allow you to build Offline Web applications. Some may think "hmm, what about Dojo Offline?" The great news is that the Dojo crew were in the loop wrt thi...

Rate How To: Freja 2.1: XSL and JavaScript

Original at Ajaxian external link    Thu, May 3

By Dion Almaer Freja is a specialized JavaScript framework for creating template-based, single-screen web applications. It relies on browser-side XSL Transformation to render the user interface faster than any other Ajax-based method, and is built on top of Sarissa.

Rate Google announces new AJAX Feed API

Original at Ajaxian external link    Wed, Apr 18

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By Dion Almaer The Google AJAX API team has announced a genuinely useful Feed API that gives an Ajax developer the ability to access feeds, cached in the fast Google edge cache where appropriate, from across the web using a simple JavaScript API. This is a subtle service that does one thing that is current...

Rate The New Timers

Original at Ajaxian external link    Sun, Apr 1

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By Michael Mahemoff Ask any self-respecting Ajax developer how they time events, and they’ll tell you “I use setTimout()” or more likely, “I use setTimeout(), duh”. However, two new Ajax patterns are making that “duh” seem just a little tenuous. One new timing technique relies on the notorious tag, the other...

Rate CrowdRules

Original at Ajaxian external link    Tue, Mar 27

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By Dion Almaer is a “crowd-powered content recommendation engine”. We use Ajax in a few, carefully-selected parts of our application to improve the user experience. Our application is written using Ruby on Rails and implements Ajax features using RJS templates and the Prototype library. These tools a...

Rate Docs for Dojo, Prototype, Others?

Original at Ajaxian external link    Fri, Mar 16

By Michael Mahemoff What’s on your Ajax doc wishlist? In my recent post on current concerns with Ajax, there was a comment about lack of documentation for Dojo and Prototype. In the comments (of the Ajaxian post and my blog post), project members asked what would you like to see wrt documentation? Here’s my wis...

Rate The Business of Ajax - Google’s Ajax Search API

Original at Ajaxian external link    Thu, Feb 15

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By Dietrich Kappe You agree that you will not, and you will not permit your users or other third parties to: (a) modify or replace the text, images, or other content of the Google Search Results, including by (i) changing the order in which the Google Search Results appear, (ii) intermixing Search Results f...

Rate Ajax in London: QCon and Ajax2007

Original at Ajaxian external link    Wed, Feb 7

By Ben Galbraith The month after that, Ajax2007 happens (Apr. 17 - 18). This show has also got a lot of Ajax names, including Jesse James Garrett and Bill Scott (Rico; Yahoo! Ajax Evangelist); Dion and I will also be there to greet our legion of UK Ajaxian.com fans (i.e., Dion’s family).

Rate iPhone could change mobile browsing

Original at Ajaxian external link    Wed, Jan 10

By Dion Almaer Fun stuff to think about. Nokia has had a phone that supports Safari for awhile. A Nokia chap was at the first Ajax Experience in San Francisco last May showing off the phone. It had the same features that Safari on the iPhone has (zooming around web pages). Opera Mobile is also very popular on var...

Year 2006

 

Rate COMET with PHP

Original at Ajaxian external link    Thu, Sep 28

By Dion Almaer Manuel Lemos has written a post about the details and challenges of an AJAX COMET implementation in PHP. The article describes an approach used to implement highly responsive AJAX applications using the COMET approach, and how it can be implemented in PHP.

Rate Ajax-based PHP Grid Acquired, Soon to Open Source

Original at Ajaxian external link    Thu, Sep 14

By Chris Cornutt According to this quick press release, Senza Limiti has snagged an Ajax-based PHP data grid component and is already making plans to publish it out with an open source license. Senza Limiti will re-release the PHP Grid under an Open Source license on October 1st, 2006, hoping to create the...

Rate The JSON RFC

Original at Ajaxian external link    Fri, Aug 4

By Michael Mahemoff JSON was born in 2002, and has really flourished alongside Ajax in the past eighteen months. And now Doug Crockford has established a a JSON RFC: The application/json Media Type for JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) (via Sleepyhead).

Rate How To: Ajaxian: Simple Ajax Quiz using Atlas

Original at Ajaxian external link    Tue, Aug 1

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Been wondering how to get Atlas and Ajax to play nicely together, but just don’t know how to get started? Well, this quick tutorial ...

Rate How To: The Ajax Transport Method(s)

Original at Ajaxian external link    Thu, Jun 8

The IBM developerWorks site has this new tutorial posted today, a look a the various “Ajax transport methods” - XMLHttpRequest, IFrames, and script tags - what they are, how to use them ...

Rate Ajax Experience Day 2: Thomas Fuchs’ on the Enhancing the User Experience

Original at Ajaxian external link    Thu, May 11

By Rob Sanheim Notes from Thomas Fuchs' session on Ajax and Javascript/DOM techniques to build a better user experience. Thomas is the creator of Script.aculo.us, a member of the Rails core team, and has his own blog at mir.aculo.us. Why use tools and frameworks? Don't reinvent the wheelJavascript gives yo...

Rate Hive7 - The (Virtual) World Ajax Built

Original at Ajaxian external link    Mon, Apr 3

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By Chris Cornutt From a quick glance at the source of the page, there’s no embedded elements to be seen - just HTML and Javascript powering this lightweight app. There’s even custom menus for the additional functionality the software offers. I took a look at the Javascript behind the application and was ple...

Rate AjaxLaunch.com: An Ajax App Each Week

Original at Ajaxian external link    Fri, Mar 24

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By Michael Mahemoff Hopefully the “Ajax PC” suite will work for all major browsers. Alex Russell’s recent post takes issue with the fact that AjaxWrite belies its name by working only in Firefox, and graciously suggests that the xulwrite.com domain is still available.

Rate JSEclipse 1.5 released

Original at Ajaxian external link    Wed, Mar 22

By Rob Sanheim JSEclipse is free to try and free for non-commercial use, and $29 for a single commercial license. JSEclipse (covered here previously) has released version 1.5, with a host of new features: Code completion Supports most common JavaScript coding idioms and features from major JavaScrip...

Rate Ajax Tutorial Round-up

Original at Ajaxian external link    Fri, Mar 17

By Dion Almaer AJAX Framework and Toolkit Tutorials AJAX Tutorial with PrototypeLearn xajax in 10 MinutesUsing Ajax with PHP and SajaxDeveloper Notes for prototype.js Ajax Getting Started Tutorial Ajax: Getting Started Ajax Image Gallery Tutorial Ajax: What is it Good For?

Rate Google Calendar: CL2

Original at Ajaxian external link    Wed, Mar 8

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By Dion Almaer Mike Arrington of TechCrunch has gotten leaked screenshots of Googles Ajax Calendar. CL2 is closely, very closely, integrated with Gmail. It includes now-standard web 2.0 features - Ajax, suscription feeds for integration with iCal and other desktop calendars, event creation, search...

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