In a remarkably short time, AJAX has become
the most talked about topic
in Java circles.
"The problem with AJAX is that it doesn't address the fundamental difficulty in developing web applications--the unbridgable client-server divide. You still have to use a completely different set of languages and tools for writing the GUI on one hand, and the server components on the other, with no possibility of sharing code in between."
"A truly revolutionary web paradigm would allow developers to use the SAME language and object model in developing both the client- and the server-side. The server would retrieve an objects from the datastore, serialize it, and pass it off to the client for editing. The client would be able to modify these same objects (defined in the same class libraries) and pass it back to the server, which re-validates them and persists them back into the datastore."
Welcome to Mocha!
25.04.2005, 14:06
AJAX is everywhere
Papa RatziIn slight contrast... Papa Ratzi:Headline in the German newspaper " Bild ": 
British media: 
20.04.2005, 15:01 |
How Software Patents WorkBackground information from the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure. 20.04.2005, 21:28 |
Ten good practices for writing Javascript1. Make sure your JavaScript code is in balance with its environment
2. Create accessible JavaScript
3. Create usable JavaScript
4. Create easy applicable JavaScript
5. Create future-proof JavaScript
6. Know JavaScript's weaknesses, limitations and bugs
7. Often there is more than one good solution
8. Write your own scripts or reuse code from trusted places
9. Optimize your JavaScript code for performance
10. Use tools to optimize your work process
19.04.2005, 20:46 |
Free-trade accord with japan edges closerThe Swiss government has been seeking for years to convince the Japanese of the benefits of a bilateral trade accord. Japan is Switzerland's third-largest trade partner after the United States and the European Union. There seems to be new momentum behind achieving free trade agreements with the USA and now with Japan. 18.04.2005, 18:21 |
Mocha at a glance
Through the past year, the scope of the Mocha development environment has grown considerably. As illustrated by this new diagram, the new focus will be on OpenMocha, which will have Helma at its very core. Mocha Objects, Mochascript and XML-Requests will provide a consistent Javascript/XML client-/server-side workspace, including Helmas embedded XML Database and RDBMS integration. Functionality currently still covered by Web Crossing Express will move towards James. Whitebeam, Flash and the new OpenLaszlo are the other ideal candidates for further integration. I'm very excited about the current momentum behind Javascript and XML on both the server-side and the client-side. The different pieces that make for a good Mocha environment are coming together more and more. XmlHttpRequest and E4X are going to be omni present in modern web application development, which will encourage a natural understanding of the Mocha development concepts and lower the learning curve for web developers to work with Mocha Objects and OpenMocha. 18.04.2005, 16:45 |
Adobe acquires Macromedia"Customers are calling for integrated software solutions that enable them to create, manage and deliver a wide range of compelling content and applications – from documents and images to audio and video," said Bruce Chizen, chief executive officer of Adobe. "By combining our powerful development, authoring and collaboration software – along with the complementary functionality of PDF and Flash – Adobe has the opportunity to bring this vision to life with an industry-defining technology platform.
18.04.2005, 10:31
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Safari 1.3Safari 1.3 gets some of the 2.0 goodies :HTML Editing Safari 1.3 supports HTML editing, both at the Objective-C WebKit API level and using contenteditable and designMode in a Web page. The new Mail app in Tiger uses WebKit for message composition. You can write apps that make use of WebKit's editing technology and deploy them on Panther and Tiger. The DOM Exposed The entire level 2 DOM has been exposed a public API in Objective-C. This means various holes have been filled in Safari's DOM level 2 support. In addition to exposing the DOM to Objective-C, the JS objects that wrap DOM objects can also be accessed from Objective-C, allowing you to examine and edit the JS objects themselves to inject properties onto them that can then be accessed from your Web page. XSLT Safari 1.3 on Panther now supports XSLT. 10.3.9 includes libxslt, and Safari uses this excellent library to handle XSLT processing instructions it encounters in Web pages. 16.04.2005, 20:21 |
>>> View complexity is usually higher than model complexity |
| > Free Trade Neutrality |
| > SQL for Java Objects |
| > Security Bypass |
| > Exactly 1111111111 seconds |
| > Kurt goes Chopper |
| > Choosing a Java scripting language |
| > Spamalot's will get spammed a lot |
| > The visual Rhino debugger |
| > The Unix wars |
| > EU-Council adopts software patent directive |
| > FreeBSD baby step "1j" |
| > Never trust a man who can count to 1024 on his fingers |
| > Visiting the world's smallest city |
| > Finally some non-MS, non-nonsense SPF news |
| > Swiss cows banned from eating grass |
| > Ludivines, the "Green Fairy" of absinthe |
| > First Look At Solaris 10 |
| > EU Commission Declines Patent Debate Restart |
| > Alan Kay's wisdom guiding the OpenLaszlo roadmap towards Mocha? |
| > 1 Kilo |
| > Re: FreeBSD logo design competition |
| > Schweizer Sagen |
| > Europas Eidgenossen |
| > XMLHttpRequest glory |
| > Art Nouveau La Chaux-de-Fonds 2005-2006 |
| > The Beastie Silhouette |
| > The Number One Nightmare |
| > Safe and Idempotent Methods such as HEAD and TRACE |
| > Sorry, you have been verizoned. |
| > Daemons and Pixies and Fairies, Oh My! |
| > Sentient life forms as MIME-attachments: RFC 1437 |
| > Anno 2004: CZV |
| > Web Developer Extension for Firefox |
| > Refactoring until nothing is left |
| > Brendan, never tired of providing Javascript support |
| > Catching XP in just 20 Minutes |
| > Designing the Star User Interface |
| > Rhino, Mono, IKVM. Or: JavaScript the hard way |
| > Re: SCO |
| > Judo |
| > Convergence on abstraction and on browser-based Console evaluation |
| > Today found out that inifinite uptimes are still an oxymoron |
| > New aspects of woven apps |
| > Original Contribution License (OCL) 1.0 |
| > Unified SPF: a grand unified theory of MARID |
| > BSD is designed. Linux is grown. |
| > 5 vor 12 bei 10 vor 10 |
| > Mocha vs Helma? |
| > Schattenwahrheit: Coup d'etat underway against the Cheney Circle? |
| > Abschluss Bilaterale II Schweiz-EU |
| > From Adam Smith to Open Source |
| > Linux - the desktop for the rest of them |
| > Big Bang |
| > Leaky Hop Objects |
| > Return Path Rewriting (RPR) - Mail Forwarding in the Spam Age |
| > Microsoft Discloses Huge Number Of Windows Vulnerabilties |
| > Steuerungsabgabe statt Steuern |
| > Anno 2003: deployZone |
| > The war against terror |
| > The war against terror (continued) |
| > The relativity of Apple's market share |
| > Are humans animals? |
| > Server-side Javascript |
| > The Cluetrain Manifesto |
| > Anno 1999: Der Oberhasler |
| > Anno 1998: crossnet |
| > Think different |
| > Geschwindigkeit vs Umdrehungszahl |
| > Anno 1997: Xmedia |
| > "The meaning of life is to improve the quality of all life" |
| > Anno 1996: CZV |
| > Searching Gopherspace |
| > How do I set a DEFAULT HTML-DOCUMENT? |
| > Crossnet - der kollektive Intellekt der Schweiz |
| > Global Screen Design Services |
| > NEW-LIST digests |
| > ACTIV-L Digest |
| > Eternal September |
| > AOL expanding Internet services |
| > Anno 1993: Macro-micro navigator |
| > Freude herrscht! |
| > Anno 1992: Intouch i-station |
| > Anno 1991: mediacube |
| > Anno 1990: RasterOps |
| > Anno 1989: Lambada by Kaoma |
| > Anno 1988: Perfect by Fairground Attraction |
| > Acorn Archimedes RISC Technology |
| > Anno-1986:-Max-Headroom-in-the-News |
| > Anno 1985: Amiga 1000 |
| > Hello World on C128 in CP/M Mode |
| > Anno 1982: Vic-20 |
| > The Future Is Unwritten |
| > Anno 1968: Mony Mony and People Got to Be Free |
| > August 28th 1968: William Buckley Vs Gore Vidal |
