Back to the 80’s…
Posted by Twan van Enckevort in the early afternoon: July 15th, 2008
One of the challenges we are facing in our project is connecting antique display devices to the brand new travel information system we are building. If you have traveled by train in the Netherlands you are familiar with them: large displays with booklets for destinations and departure times. It contains a number of booklets which are controlled by a stepper engine. The devices are called CTA's, were developed in the eighties and are a solid piece of engineering. Behind the track indicator, which doubles as a door, is a temperature control for the heating, a power socket for connecting electrical equipment, a telephone socket and a connector for testing. Oh yes, did I mention it is heavy?
Book Review: Adobe AIR for Javascript Developers
Posted by Balaji D Loganathan in the early morning: May 6th, 2008
I was trying to learn Adobe AIR and was looking for some good set of learning resources. I found the book "Adobe AIR for Javascript Developers" from Oreilly by and started reading it online. A cool book, the authors have done great job on presenting the topics as an easilit readable pocket guide. Soon after reading this book, i felt i got the right resource i want for now.
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Podcast Episode 16 - RIA - Part 1
Posted by Robert van Loghem in the early evening: March 7th, 2008
Bart Guijt introduces us to the world of RIA.
He lets us know where RIA came from, what it is and what it is not, delves into the catacombs of toolkits and gives some insight into the future of RIA.
Hosted by Robert van Loghem
So head on over to the show page or subscribe to our podcast!
Do You Log from JavaScript? – Part I
Posted by Saket Vishal around lunchtime: April 30th, 2007
Why do so many Java web applications write log messages from the Java code? A normal answer would be, to capture the information about operation of an application. This captured information can further be used for debugging, troubleshooting and auditing. JavaScript continues to prosper as top scripting language and AJAX has acted as icing on the cake.
Top ten tips for setting up your PC for Web UI development
Posted by Balaji D Loganathan around lunchtime: April 27th, 2007
If your job role involves activities like "web page scripting, AJAX, interactive user interface development, HTML content rendering, rich content website development and whatever that you do to get the webpage up and showing", then you might find this blog entry handy while setting up your PC for web application/UI developments.
This blog entry is not about web layout or image design & development.
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On-demand validation using XHR
Posted by Balaji D Loganathan mid-afternoon: April 4th, 2007
The idea is to validate the username/password as soon as the user enters the data into the form input field of the browser.
The code snippets below will show how to do this using the XMLHttpRequest (XHR) object. The XHR (or so called AJAX) helps to do this without making the webpage reload after hitting the server.
Well, you can use famous JavaScript libraries like Prototype, dwr or Dojo to do this. Using them will also reduce the code size. But... if you are interested in knowing how this is really done using XHR directly, then read on... 
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