OT: Google Tool Kit allows AJAX development in Java
Google released their Google Web Toolkit. It allows AJAX development in Java (yes, you read that right!) http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/ Slashdot discussion http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/17/127214 Digg http://digg.com/programming/New_Google_tool_compiles_Java_to_AJAX
It's the "end of the UI as we know it... and I feel fine....."
Google released their Google Web Toolkit.
It allows AJAX development in Java (yes, you read that right!)
http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/
Slashdot discussion http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/17/127214
Digg http://digg.com/programming/New_Google_tool_compiles_Java_to_AJAX
I think Joel Spolsky summed up AJAX well http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FB4.5.html In the last year or so a lot of web developers have been working hard on
improving their applications using techniques now known as *Ajax*. These applications use JavaScript code so that when you click on something, you get immediate feedback, rather than waiting for the web server to send you a new page at its own leisurely pace. When they do need more information from the server, they often download the small fragment they need, rather than waiting for the server to build a whole new page. The net result is faster, crisper feedback that *makes you feel in control* and creates "subjective well-being," a.k.a. happiness, a feeling that is biochemically NO DIFFERENT THAN EATING LARGE QUANTITIES OF CHOCOLATE.
Just a minute... I have to pause for some fact checking ...
... ok, I'm back. To summarize, Ajax = Chocolate = Happiness, and so we knew, when we started planning FogBugz 5.0, that Ajax features would be an important part of this release.
On 5/17/06, Khalid B <kb@2bits.com> wrote:
Google released their Google Web Toolkit.
It allows AJAX development in Java (yes, you read that right!)
http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/
Slashdot discussion http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/17/127214
Digg http://digg.com/programming/New_Google_tool_compiles_Java_to_AJAX
Looks like Dries' degree in Java will come in handly after all. On 5/17/06, Earl Dunovant <prometheus6@gmail.com> wrote:
I think Joel Spolsky summed up AJAX well
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FB4.5.html
In the last year or so a lot of web developers have been working hard on
improving their applications using techniques now known as Ajax. These applications use JavaScript code so that when you click on something, you get immediate feedback, rather than waiting for the web server to send you a new page at its own leisurely pace. When they do need more information from the server, they often download the small fragment they need, rather than waiting for the server to build a whole new page. The net result is faster, crisper feedback that makes you feel in control and creates "subjective well-being," a.k.a. happiness, a feeling that is biochemically NO DIFFERENT THAN EATING LARGE QUANTITIES OF CHOCOLATE.
Just a minute... I have to pause for some fact checking ...
... ok, I'm back. To summarize, Ajax = Chocolate = Happiness, and so we
knew, when we started planning FogBugz 5.0, that Ajax features would be an important part of this release.
On 5/17/06, Khalid B <kb@2bits.com> wrote:
Google released their Google Web Toolkit.
It allows AJAX development in Java (yes, you read that right!)
http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/
Slashdot discussion
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/17/127214
Digg
http://digg.com/programming/New_Google_tool_compiles_Java_to_AJAX
-- Dondley Communications http://www.dondleycommunications.com Communicate or Die: American Labor Unions and the Internet http://www.communicateordie.com
On 5/17/06, Steve Dondley <sdondley@gmail.com> wrote:
Looks like Dries' degree in Java will come in handly after all.
It will have to wait till after the Droopal port to Java.
On 5/17/06, Earl Dunovant <prometheus6@gmail.com> wrote:
I think Joel Spolsky summed up AJAX well
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FB4.5.html
In the last year or so a lot of web developers have been working hard on
improving their applications using techniques now known as Ajax. These applications use JavaScript code so that when you click on something, you get immediate feedback, rather than waiting for the web server to send you a new page at its own leisurely pace. When they do need more information from the server, they often download the small fragment they need, rather than waiting for the server to build a whole new page. The net result is faster, crisper feedback that makes you feel in control and creates "subjective well-being," a.k.a. happiness, a feeling that is biochemically NO DIFFERENT THAN EATING LARGE QUANTITIES OF CHOCOLATE.
Just a minute... I have to pause for some fact checking ...
... ok, I'm back. To summarize, Ajax = Chocolate = Happiness, and so we
knew, when we started planning FogBugz 5.0, that Ajax features would be an important part of this release.
I am not an AJAX fan myself. It is just one of those overused term. It is used for glitz items, while it should be functionality focused (the usual error of mistaking form with function [Oh, look ... shiny .. It must be great to use then ...]. Gmail and Google Calendar are good implementations of AJAX to improve functionality, and not just glitz (hiding quoted texts, adding stars, moving events to another date/time slot, and many others). Digg also uses some for functionality with some glitz (e.g hiding comments, thumbs up, ..etc.) I think Joel is confusing the two here.
On 5/17/06, Khalid B <kb@2bits.com> wrote:
Google released their Google Web Toolkit.
It allows AJAX development in Java (yes, you read that right!)
http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/
Slashdot discussion
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/17/127214
Digg
http://digg.com/programming/New_Google_tool_compiles_Java_to_AJAX
-- Dondley Communications http://www.dondleycommunications.com
Communicate or Die: American Labor Unions and the Internet http://www.communicateordie.com
On 5/17/06, Khalid B <kb@2bits.com> wrote:
Gmail and Google Calendar are good implementations of AJAX to improve functionality, and not just glitz (hiding quoted texts, adding stars, moving events to another date/time slot, and many others).
Digg also uses some for functionality with some glitz (e.g hiding comments, thumbs up, ..etc.)
I think Joel is confusing the two here.
I think he's being sarcastic. Last I looked at FogBugz there was NO glitz at all. But you WILL have customers who ask for Ajax the same way people say to their doctor, "I heard about this pill on TV, I think I need it."
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