Why Yahoo’s BrowserPlus has a long way to go
Friday, June 6th, 2008Yahoo recently announced BrowserPlus, a browser-plugin based runtime that enables web applications to “break out of the browser”, and offer functionality typically reserved for desktop applications. While not entirely ready yet, a preview release of BrowserPlus demonstrates building some common applications purely in HTML/CSS/JavaScript, including an IRC client, a drag-and-drop photo uploader and a JSON AJAX request inspector.
With BrowserPlus, Yahoo wants to make web apps “break out of the browser”, bridging standard web technologies with OS APIs and bringing web apps a step closer to desktop apps. However, the approach isn’t at all new; Gears (formerly Google Gears) did the same with local storage for web …
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Ajaxs Future Lies in the Browser
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008Since Ajax was introduced to the public, there was little to no doubt among developers that this would be the future of our online experience. Even with the daunting task of learning JavaScript up to an advanced stage and all the security risk, developers are more than willing to dip themselves into this web development …
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Serve JavaScript Frameworks Faster with the Google AJAX Libraries API
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008Google has announced an extension to their Google AJAX APIs service: the AJAX Library APIs. They’ve assembled a collection of the most common JavaScript libraries and made them available on their content delivery network.
A common criticism leveled at JavaScript framework libraries is that the same …
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Enhancing Ajax Based Mash-up Application Security
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008When browsers when conceptualized, the though of applications running through the browser was expected. However, what was not expected was that the application actually has multiple sources which are the usual setting of a mash-up. When we run a mash-up application, multiple sources are fired up which increase the data output of the application. It is not that the browsers does not have the abilit Submitted by admin Category: Security
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MVC1 vs. MVC2 Vying for Ajax
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008The Model-View-Controller type of architecture sets a new benchmark for developers in enhancing customer experience while enhancing security. When placed in an Ajax based application, MVC becomes the framework wherein the JavaScript rendering is built automatically using an MVC type of format. The result is an Ajax based application with a strong background for MVC promising the same features of M Submitted by admin Category: Frameworks
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Basics of Model View Controller (MVC)
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008Developers are always working hard to provide the best applications online and offline. The user expectations changed over the years and they all want to have easy access to information without compromising the aesthetic beauty of the website. Today’s users do not just get their information from anywhere. They only look for information from trusted websites or a website that looks good enoug Submitted by admin Category: Frameworks
Googles AxsJax for Ajax Applications
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008Accessibility on a live web browser is one of the main features of an Ajax based application especially when they are made in the light …
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Is Your JavaScript Library Standards Compliant?
Friday, May 9th, 2008One of the things JavaScript libraries like jQuery, Dojo, and YUI can do for you is add support for features in the latest Web standards long before they are built into browsers. But are some libraries going too far?
For the developers of JavaScript libraries, there is a temptation to extend the features of the standard, and build something even better! A good example of this is the CSS selector queries that first made jQuery famous, but which are now available in most JavaScript libraries.
CSS queries provide an extremely convenient way of getting a list of elements …
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A PHP Guy’s Look At Python
Friday, May 9th, 2008Against all odds, I found myself with a little spare time this week. Rather than do something sensible like clean the garage or get some exercise, I took the opportunity to learn a new programming language: Python.
Like may SitePoint readers, I cut my teeth on PHP. I’ve become very comfortable with it over the years, warts and all. PHP continues to be a dependable choice, but PHP hasn’t changed a whole lot lately. Meanwhile, the kinds of applications I’ve …
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Firefox 3 Beta 5 Available For Download
Friday, April 4th, 2008The beta 5 release of Firefox 3 was released this week, and contains the following improvements:
Improvements to the user interface, including changes to the look and feel on Windows Vista, Windows XP, Mac OS X and Linux
Changes and fixes for new features such as the location bar autocomplete, bookmark backup and restore, full page zoom, and others
Fixes and improvements to platform features to improve security, web compatibility and stability.
Performance improvements, particularly to the JavaScript engine and download speed (largely due to the maximum number of connections being increased from 2 to 6.
The new release includes 750 changes from the previous beta. In the JavaScript/DOM standards support arena, Firefox …
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