Book Review: Adobe AIR for Javascript Developers

Posted by Balaji D Loganathan in the early morning: May 6, 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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* Filed under: Ajax, CSS, Flex, Javascript, XML
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Podcast Episode 16 - RIA - Part 1

Posted by Robert van Loghem in the early evening: March 7, 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!

* Filed under: Ajax, Flex, Java, Javascript, Podcast
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Do You Log from JavaScript? – Part I

Posted by Saket Vishal around lunchtime: April 30, 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.

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Top ten tips for setting up your PC for Web UI development

Posted by Balaji D Loganathan around lunchtime: April 27, 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 4, 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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