All posts by : Ajaxian Blog

301 of 317 | CPAINT v2.0.1 Released - We have released CPAINT v2.0.1 for ASP and PHP. This release combines all the patches we previously released for v2.0.0. There is no new real functionality in this version, however we do recommend that all users upgrade to the new version, due to further security enhancements.Changes:A plain text response is now returned when using the XML|OBJECT response type as second parameter to user-defined callback function.A cpaint.capable property was added for determining AJAX-compatible browsers.CPAINT parameters when not using the CPAINT API with a proxy were fixed.Issues with calling object methods were fixed along with HTTP authentication in the proxy file.Security regarding incoming function......

302 of 317 | Kiko: Yet Another Ajaxian Calendar - Certain apps tend to jump out for Ajaxian writers. The online calendar is one of them, and Kiko has stepped up to the plate with their offering.What`s betterInterfaceClick On Anything - Everything is interactive. Right click it, drag it - it all works the way you expect from a native application.Everything`s On One Page - Manage your groups, view your calendar, and create and tag your appointments all from one page. Be Soothed By Kiko`s Pleasant Colors - Pastels are good for the soul.What`s coming (real soon)API A powerful and flexible servlet API that allows third party developers to produce tools which enhance the value of your Kiko Calendar. Everything Kiko Calendar can do, your web serv......

303 of 317 | ActionScript Development Kit 1.0 Released - The Midnight Coders have announced immediate availability of the ActionScript Development Kit 1.0.This ActionScript Dev Kit is a top data collection library, that contains a nice XML parser:The goal for the XML parser was ease-of-use as we got really tired of creating bad looking code with the Macromedia`s XML object. The era of firstChild.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue is over!The guys will be posting articles about the best practices with ASDK soon.Download ActionScript Development Kit 1.0...

304 of 317 | Microsoft FireAnt: Ajax behind Hotmail - Omar Shahine from the MS Hotmail team has come out talking about the new architecture for hotmail.Last summer we spent a lot of time at the white-boardevaluating a number of ways to deliver a new architecture for Hotmail.We considered a number of things:Modification of the current C/C++ ISAPI architecture to support a hybrid ASP model. .NET rewrite for the DataLayer and BusinessLayer and XML/XSLT for the PresentationLayer Same as #2 but the Presentation layer would be JavaScript, XMLHTTP, and DHTML/CSS. This now has the fancy name, AJAX.After much deliberating, we chose #3, and started running. For 4weeks basically 1 PM, a developer and an intern built a prototype, andthen the real thing (i......

305 of 317 | Bitkraft: Ajaxian .NET web framework - Bitkraft Web Library was developed as a web framework that extends the Microsoft Asp.net framework to provide more dynamic user interaction via ajax and json.Bitkraft is a CLR based (.NET) web framework that allows distributed web content to be created and served in a unique fashion. It is written in C# and compiles for operation under the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1+ or the .Mono Framework, making it portable to almost any platform.At it`s core, the Bitkraft framework extends the ASP .NET Architecture to fully support Javascript-based Server callbacks using the XmlHttpRequest object as a transport layer in a fashion referred commonly today as AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript Over XmlHttpRequ......

306 of 317 | Can Ajax be running partner of Web services - The press has been asking me a lot about the correlation between Ajax and Web services. Somehow they seem to really want to put some link together there :) "Will Ajax help increase web service development" The piece, Can Ajax......

307 of 317 | Remote Calling Design in Ajax - Ajax is an architecture, and there are various ways in which people are implementing ajaxian ideas. Ben and I talk about various approaches wrt return types (proprietary stuff, objects [JSON], XML, HTML). Jon Tirsen has weighed in with his "Designs......

308 of 317 | AjaxTags 1.0 Released - The AJAX Tag Library is a set of JSP tags that simplify the use of Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) technology in JavaServer Pages. AJAX is primarily rooted in JavaScript. However, many server-side developers do not have an extensive......

309 of 317 | Because We`re Not Yet Bored of Google Maps Stuff... - Brennan Stehling has created a simple, cross-browser abstraction on top of the Google Maps API called GPlotter that lets you define your map markers in an XML file and have them plotted at run-time on a Google Maps window. Neat.......

310 of 317 | HoverSearch() - HoverSearch() offers a script which allows hover transparent divs that show up, and can access web services asynchronously via Ajax to show context information.......

311 of 317 | How DWR handles XML - Joe Walker, founder of DWR (Direct Web Remoting), discusses the X in Ajax, and how DWR handles it. DWR works a bit like RMI except that instead of having 2 Java systems talking to each other using JRMP you have......

312 of 317 | Showcase: Apple.com iTunes Counter - Apple.com is currently displaying an iTunes Counter that shows the number of songs downloaded, counting to the 500 million song mark. The countdown actually uses Ajax to grab the counts from an XML that is generated and put on the......

313 of 317 | TIBCO Ajax Accelerator Program - TIBCO announced an Ajax Accelerator Program for their TIBCO General Interface. TIBCO General Interface encapsulates the complexities of asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) and adds powerful features including robust component libraries, visual tooling, step-through debugging, automated memory management and other......

314 of 317 | del.icio.us direc.tor: An Ajax Web Service Broker - Johnvey Hwang has created an alternative UI for del.icio.us that enables you to browse all of your bookmarks in a more interactive fashion. del.icio.us direc.tor uses the XML/XSL features of the browser to handle very large record sets. It works......

315 of 317 | Google AJAXSLT: Google opens up JavaScript code - The land of Google Code has released a little library used in their Ajaxian applications (such as Google Maps and Suggest). The first piece released is Google AJAXSLT. AJAXSLT is an implementation of XSL-T in JavaScript, intended for use in......

316 of 317 | Dean Edwards` IE7 - Dean Edwards wishes that IE had decent CSS support, like us all. He went out and created a package called IE7, which tries to fix the box model, add XMLHttpRequest and DOMParser nicely, etc etc. The IE7 XML Extras is......

317 of 317 | Ajax Summit: Douglas Crockford of JSON Presentation - Douglas Crockford is well known for JSON.org, "The fat-free alternative to XML". He "discovered" JSON, which Doug explains is a "Data Interchange" format, versus a document format. Being Well Formed and Valid, doesn`t mean "Relevant and Correct", so Douglas focuses......