Microsoft recently launched “Atlas” which is Microsoft’s framework for AJAX-style web application development. Google has mastered the Ajax style of Web application development with most of its applications like Gmail, Google Suggest, Google Maps built using Ajax framework. And now Microsoft with ASP.NET Atlas (AJAX) Framework is all set to create waves in the market. …
Aug
29
Ajax and Security
The other day I was having a discussion on Ajax and one thing that stood out as a concern for using it was “security”. If data is available openly as XML over HTTP, it is going to be a cake walk for smart hacker. Some of the issues raised related to security threat are: data …
Aug
18
Isomorphic’s SmartClient
I came across Isomorphic’s SmartClient when one of the client was looking for rich web client development product. At first I didn’t understand what it is all about and that really invoked lot of interest. SmartClient is basically a rich web client that provides an open DHTML/AJAX client engine, rich user interface components, and metadata-driven …
Aug
03
RICO – Open Source Java Script library for Rich Internet Applications
RICO is an open source Java Script library which provide full Ajax support helping to add Ajax to any HTML page. It provides JavaScript object called AjaxEngine which define standard XML for Ajax response with a way to specify targeted HTML elements. I played around for sometime with RICO and the demos and can easily …
Jul
30
AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript Technology and XML)
AJAX, the new breed of dynamic web applications is emerging pretty fast. Though AJAX is not new but has recently gained popularity due to inclusion of support for the “XMLHttpRequest” object by browsers across all the platforms. It is XMLHttpRequest Java Script object that does all the tricks. In Ajax model, a HTML page makes …
Jul
30
Start Blogging….
Was trying to start my blog for a pretty long time and finally I am blogging…. My blog will speak about developments in Portals and Content Management Space and I hope to keep posting my comments on regular basis. Recently have been exploring AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript Technology), the new breed of dynamic web applications and …
