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Google Closure: A New Way of Developing in JavaScript - A Guide and Links to Google Closure's Mature and Complex JavaScript Framework
November 19, 2009
Every day million people make use of Google products and these products are written mainly using one well known language: JavaScript! What makes this online software stable, fast and responsive is a good use of the language and an excellent system of data compression and asynchronous loading. Today this power is available to everyone, since Google has released its magic tool under Apache 2 license.
Announcing O'Reilly Answers - Clever Hacks. Creative Ideas. Innovative Solutions.
November 4, 2009
We're launching the beta of O'Reilly Answers, and I'm inviting you to be part of it. In brief, O'Reilly Answers is a community site for sharing knowledge, asking questions, and providing answers that brings together our customers, authors, editors, conference speakers, and Foo (Friends of O'Reilly). O'Reilly is at the center of an amazing exchange of knowledge sharing and idea generation, and we want you to join us in changing the world by spreading the knowledge of innovators.
Four short links: 29 October 2009 - Learning Programming, Functional Javascript, Controlling Firefox, Kicking Ass (with SSDs)
By Nat TorkingtonOctober 29, 2009
Anatomy of SSDs -- A teeth-rattlingly technical Linux Magazine article explaining the different types of SSDs (Solid State Disks--imagine a hard drive made of rapid-access Flash memory). Artur Bergman told me that installing an SSD drive in his MacBook Pro gave the greatest performance increase of any computer upgrade he'd performed since he went from no computer to one. This and more in today's Four Short Links.
Four short links: 15 October 2009 - Open Access, Right to Broadband, Machine Learning Textbook, Javascript Performance Art
October 15, 2009
Open Access Week -- October 19-23 is Open Access Week 2009. Open Access Week marks a time to show support for "free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly research." Organizers hope that the week of higher visibility for their movement will encourage more people to support freely accessible research data with immediate online availability as soon as such research is published. This and more in today's Four Short Links.
JXT - Javascript XHTML Tags
By Davide ZanottiOctober 12, 2009
First of all, I would like to thanks Rich Tretola and O'Reilly, for the possibility to write on this blog and talking about my project (http://www.jxtproject.com), I'm very thankful for that! ...and I'm quite embarrassed, because this is my...
jQuery and AIR - Moving from web page to application (2)
October 1, 2009
Earlier this week I blogged about a new jQuery based AIR project, Hangman. In the first blog entry I talked about the game and the jQuery code behind it. One of the main problems with the code in that entry though is that it really isn't an AIR application. I mean sure it makes use of the AIR framework. Sure it's an AIR application technically. But none of the code actually did anything - well, AIR like! We can fix that don't you think? As a followup I discuss modifying my Hangman game to make use of a database of words.
Four short links: 11 September 2009 - Healthcare Fellow, Javascript Math, Web PDF Viewer, Tweeting Kegerator
September 11, 2009
Healthspottr Fellow -- Do you know a healthcare innovator? Nominate them for the 2009 healthspottr fellowship program, an effort that awards healthcare entrepreneurs prizes up to $250,000 for both past work and future potential to make outstanding contributions to the "transformation of healthcare in the United States." This and more in today's Four Short Links.
Four short links: 8 September 2009 - Mobile jQuery, API to Google Book Search, Open Learning, Popularity Algorithms
September 8, 2009
jQTouch -- Want some help developing your mobile app for the iPhone, Android, PalmPre or other device? Check out jQTouch, a plugin for mobile web development that offers a library of pre-built functions. Visit the jQTouch site to get the plugin and explore a demo. This and more in today's Four Short Links.
Web Video Hack: Many Movies, One Player
August 14, 2009
Here's a super-easy way to play multiple movies in the same area on a webpage. No JavaScript required, and it works on iPhone too.
Is There Any Correct Java Code Out There?
By James ElliottAugust 7, 2009
Writing correct, concurrent code is really hard. Java makes it seem easier than it is, even when you think you're being careful. The language support is better than it was before Java 5, but we still have a lot to learn. And we have to learn fast, because our code is running on more and more processors every day.
Yes, you can now use quite a bit of SVG in the Internet Explorer too. With Ample SDK.
July 31, 2009
The Scalable Vector Graphics technology, SVG in short, seems to be experiencing nowadays its second (or third?) birth on the web. The browser vendors are investing heavily into lifting up what they initially prototyped long time before. This is true of Opera, Firefox, Safari and Chrome, but there is no clear indication on the plans to supporting SVG from the major browser vendor - Microsoft. True, Microsoft has recently made a vague statement on its commitment to support the standards and the thrilling web-as-a-platform thing aka HTML5, but in what extent and when? And what shall we do until that time has come, or until the older IE browser park has updated?
Developing Android Applications - A Free Live Online Workshop - Aug 5 @ 10am PT
July 30, 2009
Learn to build mobile applications for the exciting new Android platform. In this dynamic, online workshop, you'll get up to speed on the basics of Android development, including the Android SDK and the Eclipse IDE. As you learn in this session, you'll build a simple Android app from start to finish. During the workshop, you'll have direct access to the instructor via online Q&A. Attendance is limited, so register now!
Using Ajax and Search Referrer Info to Help Users Navigate Your Site
By Kyle DentJuly 22, 2009
Using the referrer URL to detect what brought users to your site can let you help them find what they're looking for. The almost magical asynchronicity of Ajax lets you provide additional content for users from search engines. It requires only minor changes to your site and doesn't affect the experience for others.
Sun Launches an App Store + Ellison on Sun's Future
June 2, 2009
As Schwartz touts the massive market penetration of Java on "Billions of PCs and Mobile Devices". Sun introduces a Java-centric App Store to bring the advantages of this distribution to Java application developers. Scott McNealy invites Larry Ellison to the stage to talk about the future of Java, how JavaFX is better than AJAX, and how he intends to compete with Google's Android.
iPhone Web Audio Playlist Hack
April 24, 2009
Mobile Safari, the iPhone's web browser, has surprisingly weak audio support. But here's a hack I discovered to embed audio playlists.
What the Sun/Oracle Combination Means for Java and Open Source
By Timothy M. O'BrienApril 22, 2009
What does the Oracle/Sun merger mean for Java? There's been a lot of speculation and a fair amount of apocalyptic, "sky is falling" Twitter activity, but does anyone really know what Ellison has in store for Java?
Google Introduces Comprehensive, Standards-based Java Support in AppEngine
By Timothy M. O'BrienApril 8, 2009
Google's announcement of Java support in AppEngine is more than just the announcement of support for a second language. Java on AppEngine changes the dynamics of the Java ecosystem and redefines the concept of Write Once Run Anywhere.
Java for Google AppEngine, finally!
April 8, 2009
At last after one year, Google announced the availability of the Java for AppEngine platform. When the AppEngine announced last year, the very first issue filed was - a request for Java. Since then lots of Java developers want to see their favorite language supported by the AppEngine. Finally it arrived and let's take a look at the features/limitations.
An Up and Down Week for JAVA
By Timothy M. O'BrienApril 6, 2009
...and, I'm not talking about the language. I'm talking about the stock, Sun Microsystems is down 20% in the futures market @ 8:10 AM ET. -20% On the news of the $7 billion game of brinksmanship, it is important to...
Are we losing the Declarative Web?
By Philip FennellMarch 31, 2009
I saw something the other day that I was both intrigued and bothered by in equal measure. 'Mozilla and the Khronos Group Announce Initiative to Bring Accelerated 3D to the Web'. Apparently, the working group will look at exposing OpenGL capabilities within ECMAScript. The intriguing part is that, as a fan of 3D Computer Graphics and Animation this has got to be a good sign, especially if it is exposed in this way; but the bothersome bit is how people will end up using it because it has been exposed in this way. The crux of the problem for me is the question, JavaScript - what's it good for? Absolutely...
Blue Sun? What an IBM acquisition of Sun means for software
By Kurt CagleMarch 24, 2009
However, Sun's software side of the acquisition ledger, especially by IBM, has been rather oddly overlooked, given that it will likely have major implications for software development and cloud computing for years. Sun's software holdings cover five primary areas - Java, Solaris, mySQL, Open Office, and Sun's recently acquired QLayer cloud infrastructure. Understanding how IBM could potentially ramp up (or destroy) each of these gives some interesting insight into the real value of IBM's potential software acquisitions.
Apache up against corporate dominance of fake standards process?
By Rick JelliffeMarch 18, 2009
Read the rather startling comments to the article The long-running Sun-Apache dispute<at Javaworld.
ActionScript Data Structure Performance
By Mike SlinnMarch 12, 2009
As I have previously reported, lots of Java programmers are adopting Flex. One question that Java programmers always ask is "where are my beloved collections classes?" First, the good news: this blog will point you to some excellent collection classes,...
Practice
By Simon St. LaurentJanuary 1, 2009
My New Year's Resolution for this year is simple: practice. You don't have to achieve (or even aim for) total mastery for the practice to be worthwhile.
Does Java Run Faster On .NET VM and Windows Azure?
By M. David PetersonDecember 20, 2008
Looking for ways to tweak the performance of your Java applications? Look no further than the .NET platform and Windows Azure.
Java in the Cloud
December 20, 2008
Every one is talking about building apps in cloud or moving the apps to cloud. There are plenty of jobs on job boards looking for the people with the skills: "familiarity with cloud" or "expertise in cloud". The latest buzzword is "Cloud Computing". What is Cloud? Why all of sudden Cloud is a buzz? What are my options to move Java app to the Cloud? What are the features and limitations of the Cloud? How IaaS and PaaS will fit in the Cloud? Read details.
Templates Offer Rails New Path to Ubiquity
By Simon St. LaurentDecember 16, 2008
Rails application templates, just added in Edge Rails, offer Rails developers the chance to spread their wings and bring Rails to new audiences and new capabilities - and might even help Rails lead the next generation of frameworks.
The RIA and the Polyglot VM
By chromaticDecember 3, 2008
The Adobe/Microsoft/Sun strategy for producing rich Internet applications can solve most of the problems in developing web applications -- at the cost of a huge step backward away from ubiquitous computing.
A Conversation with the Authors of JRuby Cookbook
November 25, 2008
Henry Liu and Justin Edelson authors of the just released JRuby Cookbook talk about JRuby, the current state of the Java platform, and some of the compelling benefits of integrating a language like Ruby with the Java platform.
Interview with Jason Hunter of MarkMail.org
November 23, 2008
At OSCON 2008, Mike Hendrickson interviewed Jason Hunter about MarkMail.org a site which archives 34 million email messages from 6,470 open source mailing lists. Mike asks Jason about the technology behind Markmail.org and how MarkLogic's products can scale to handle Petabyte-scale data
Sun's Layoffs, Anil Gadre, and What happens to Java now?
November 14, 2008
Sun announced massive layoffs of up to 18% of the global workforce as they split the software division into three groups. What do these changes mean for Java? Who is managing the new Application Platform Software group?
Spring Getting into a Groove with Groovy: SpringSource Acquires G2One
November 12, 2008
Rod Johnson and Graeme Rocher discuss SpringSource's acquisition of G2One. In this 20 minute interview, both Johnson and Rocher discuss the differences between Groovy and other scripting lanuages available on the JVM and why they believe that Groovy on Grails provides the path of least resistance for enterprise web application development.
What is Great About the Web
By Eric LarsonOctober 21, 2008
I'm not sure many people really understand what is truly great about the Web and why it works. Most developers see the web as a technology platform and nothing more. HTML, JavaScript, and CSS are simply tools that must be used to satisfy requirements. The sad part is that this lack of understanding will cripple the web and hurt users.
How to create Tabs with CSS and jQuery from scratch
By Eric BerryOctober 13, 2008
Learn how to create a tabbed content window using CSS and jQuery from scratch.
Turbo-charging JavaScript - Trace Trees and V8
September 22, 2008
Persistence, performance, rich APIs and increasing broadband connectivity are all likely to make a huge difference for this latest generation of browsers, and the quantum improvement of JavaScript capabilities due to Trace Trees and precompiled JavaScript will likely play a major part in that evolution.
Seeking Ubiquity
September 9, 2008
Ubiquity, the open source add-on currently in alpha and being produced by the Mozilla team for Firefox, is intended to make such a command line possible. The idea behind ubiquity is to take advantage of both the internal storage capability and online communications in order to let users both create local "scripts" written in JavaScript that can be invoked to perform certain actions and to create a centralized (and vetted) library of such scripts online that people can load to accomplish nearly any task.
Dancing with Many Languages
September 5, 2008
A friend of mine pointed out Disco, a map-reduce framework written in Erlang and using Python for writing the actual map and reduction functions. I haven't tried it just yet, but the concept is interesting in that it uses both Erlang and Python.
Reflecting Upon Chrome
September 3, 2008
Chrome represents a change in the way that Google is choosing to play the game, putting them on a far more equal footing with the other browser vendors, and asserting that, on the browser as on the server, they have arrived.
David Flanagan on JavaScript 2
August 22, 2008
Is JavaScript and HTML the new BASIC? What does the average programmer need from JavaScript 2? Is the web the new client-server model of computing? JavaScript guru David Flanagan addresses these questions and more in this interview.
Harmony comes to JavaScript, but Not Everyone's Singing
August 19, 2008
A long and contentious struggle came to an end this week as ECMA Technical Committee 39, responsible for the development and maintenance of ECMAScript (known universally everywhere else as JavaScript), voted to establish ECMAScript 3.1 as the next "trunk" branch for the venerable web browser language, rather than the more ambitious (and contentious ECMAScript 4.0). While the breaking of the deadlock is a momentous achievement, not everyone is happy with it.
Google Open Sources Google XML Pages
By Kurt CagleAugust 14, 2008
Given the mind-numbingly large number of pages that Google serves up every day, compiled efficiency is a key requirement for their web development team. However, as with many organizations, Google's team has also needed to split up their development efforts, so that web designers do not need to be programmers (and more importantly, do not need to endlessly spend their time validating and debugging low level code), and the core developers could spend time building components.
Where are the New Client-Side Development Environments?
By chromaticAugust 6, 2008
The old client-server application versus client-only application debate is back on the Web, thanks to Ajax and RIA technologies. It's missing a long-forgotten third contender, however -- one which had significant drawbacks and very significant advantages.
Clear, Concise, and Entertaining
By O'Reilly MediaAugust 6, 2008
JavaScript: The Missing Manual from bestselling author David McFarland teaches you how to use JavaScript in sophisticated ways — even if you have little or no programming experience. Once you the master the language's structure and terminology, you'll learn how to use advanced JavaScript tools
10 Helpings of Dojo Goodness
By Matthew RussellAugust 4, 2008
In an effort to promote my recent book, Dojo: The Definitive Guide, I've been writing an ongoing column for the ONLAMP blog entitled "Dojo Goodness". The idea behind the column is to provide bite-sized chunks of useful information that are...
Tuesday's OSCON Event Schedule
By chromaticJuly 22, 2008
OSCON is happening right now at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon, bringing together thousands of experts, visionaries, and hackers in the trenches to explore all that open source has to offer. Today's afternoon sessions include: - Creating Location-aware Web 2.0 Applications on an Open Source Geospatial Platform - TCP/IP Troubleshooting for System Administrators - People for Geeks - Practical Erlang Programming - Porting to Python 3.0 - Hack This App! PHP Security Workshop ...and more! For the complete event schedule visit our OSCON 2008 site.
Is Sun Setting?
By Kurt CagleJuly 14, 2008
The global slowdown is beginning to take its toll on more exposed hardware and consulting companies. On Friday, July 10, Sun began sending out pink slips to more than 1000 employees, primarily in the marketing and sales areas as part...
Neo4J: A Different Database (+ Expect More Bad Java News)
By Timothy M. O'BrienJuly 12, 2008
Foocamp attendees, beware, we're covering you from afar. Peter Neubauer twittered about Neo4J this morning and it caught my eye. "Neo is a graph database. It is an embedded, disk-based, fully transactional Java persistence engine that stores data structured in graphs rather than in tables." Is this to be believed? Something interesting happening in Java?
High Performance Scalable Web Sites and Optimization
By Simon St. LaurentJuly 10, 2008
O'Reilly published Building Scalable Web Sites, High Performance Web Sites, and now Website Optimization. How similar and different are these three books?
AtomServer helps serve up AtomPub
By Taylor CowanJuly 9, 2008
The most interesting development within the XML world of late is AtomPub. It abstracts the details (however simple they may be) of REST and provides them in a well specified protocol. Instead of writing home grown RESTfull web services, decompose...
Powering Up Ajax Development Techniques
By O'Reilly MediaJune 20, 2008
Dojo: The Definitive Guide — This comprehensive guide to Dojo includes a hard-hitting reference to help you build rich and responsive web applications with complex layouts and form controls closely resembling those found in the most advanced desktop applications. If you're a DHTML-toting web developer, you need to read this book.
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