Clan Members 3.0 Updated
Untergang from UDesigns has updated his very popular Clan Members Module to version 3.0. This update is probably the biggest I’ve seen in its short lifespan and it keeps getting better and better. Well done !
Untergang from UDesigns has updated his very popular Clan Members Module to version 3.0. This update is probably the biggest I’ve seen in its short lifespan and it keeps getting better and better. Well done !
Every day, companies announce new products and call them revolutionary, breakthrough, innovative, and game changing. It’s not often that a new product actually lives up to that kind of billing. Today is one of those days, with the official launch of Alpha Five Version 10, from Alpha Software. Featuring the company’s patent-pending “Codeless Ajax” technology, Alpha Five V10 is the first programming tool that allows developers to visually build rich Internet database applications powered by Ajax – without having to write one line of code. That said, developers who like to get their hands dirty can work swiftly using Alpha’s Codeless Ajax, then optionally craft custom code using popular SQL dialects, JavaScript, REST Services, and Xbasic. Developers can also plug in open source or their own JavaScript code, components, and frameworks to extend the development platform in any way they need. Best of all, the resulting applications support every major SQL database, including the newest: Microsoft SQL Azure databases residing in the Microsoft cloud. “Alpha Five Version 10 with Codeless Ajax is like having an entire development team at your fingertips,” says Richard Rabins, Co-Chairman of Alpha Software. “Just one developer can produce the output of five to 10 coders with Codeless Ajax.
Vaadin is a Web application framework for Rich Internet Applications (RIA). In contrast to Javascript libraries and browser-plugin based solutions it features a server-side architecture, which means that the majority of the logic runs on the servers. AJAX technology is used on the browser side to ensure a rich and interactive user experience. Vaadin is a big collection of UI components. There are server-side components like Button, Table, and Tree that you use to compose the application user interface
WebGL is getting hot after being supported by modern browsers Firefox, Chrome and Safari. Now you can even create amazing apps with CopperLicht , a fast JavaScript 3D engine for creating games and 3d applications in the webbrowser. It uses the WebGL canvas supported by modern browsers and is able to render hardware accelerated 3d graphics without any plugins. Key features : 3D World editor: CopperLicht comes with a full 3D world editor named CopperCube. Many supported 3D file formats: .3ds, .obj, .x, .lwo, .b3d, .csm, .dae, .dmf, .oct, .irrmesh, .ms3d, .my3D, .mesh, .lmts, .bsp, .md2, .stl. and more, see below. Incredibly fast: CopperLicht is highly optimized and able to render and animate even huge 3d scenes. Simple API: CopperLicht is a SceneGraph based 3D engine, and a lot of examples and tutorials are available to show you how it works. Binary compilation: Unlike other WebGL 3D Engines, CopperLicht compiles your 3D meshes into a small, binary file which downloads quickly, reducing bandwith usage for your users.
ItsNat is a server centric Java AJAX web framework with the same style of programming as the client, because ItsNat approach is “The Browser Is The Server” (TBITS). ItsNat simulates a Universal W3C Java Browser in the server, client events are sent to the server via AJAX and converted to W3C Java DOM Events, changes in DOM server are automatically sent to the client as JavaScript updating the client DOM. In ItsNat templates are defined using pure X/HTML or SVG files with no logic.
According to a survey for Dr. Dobb’s Report by Forrester Research published in Information Week , open source software has gained wide acceptance by developers. The survey found several items of interest: Nearly 4 out of 5 developers use open source software for development and / or application deployment MySQL ranks third behind MS SQL Server and Oracle as the primary database for deployed applications More than 1/3 of developers use SVN for source code management, which is almost 3 time the number of developers using the next closest competitor, MS SourceSafe Most of the 5% of developers who use an Apple as their primary development machine target Linux or Windows, not OS X So-called rich Internet applications (RIAs) are increasingly being developed, often using Javascript tools like jQuery 9% of developers have used CMS applications like Drupal and RavenNuke™ as part of their development work 60% of developers view their work as more than 9-to-5 and continue to apply development skills outside their jobs on side projects
World’s first inter-protocol exploit, but not the last Underscoring a little-known web vulnerability, hackers are exploiting a weakness in the Mozilla Firefox browser to wreak havoc on Freenode and other networks that cater to users of internet relay chat. Using a piece of javascript embedded into a web link, the hackers force users of the open-source browser to join IRC networks and flood channels with diatribes that include the same internet address. As IRC users with Firefox follow the link, their browsers are also forced to spam the channels, giving the attack a viral quality that has has caused major disruptions for almost a month. “Huge numbers of users of the Freenode network ended up getting banned themselves because they would click the link and then they would join the network and flood the network,” one of the hackers, who goes by the moniker Weev, told The Register. “We get this huge rollover effect.” Register
If you are looking to turn your IIS, ASP.NET server into a highly scalable HTTP Comet/Reverse Ajax server, your solution could be called Websync , by Frozen Mountain Software. Websync is cool, because unlike every other comet server currently available, it doesn’t require a separate server, instead it runs directly with IIS. It takes about 2 lines in your web.config to get it going, and we’ve tested 30,000 users simultaneously on a single $400 Acer desktop with 3gig of RAM. More features include : – an embedded JavaScript client (only 9 KB!) and .NET client. – server-side publishers for .NET and PHP – uses open protocols and proven technology (HTML5, Ajax, JSONP, Bayeux).
Want to build iPhone apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript? In this four-session online course you’ll quickly learn how to create simple web apps with features that take advantage of the device’s remarkable functionality. What will I learn? * Build working web apps for the iPhone, using HTML and CSS web standards * Learn what a mobile web app is and how it differs from a native iPhone app * Create gestures and animation using JavaScript and the iUI and jQTouch libraries * Integrate your web app with several iPhone features * Build simple native iPhone apps using the TapLynx library-without programming! * Learn how to build on your newfound iPhone web app development skills Presented by CreativeTechs in partnership with O’Reilly, each session offers easy-to-follow, hands-on lessons. All you need to know in advance is HTML, CSS, and JavaScript basics
Want to build iPhone apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript? In this four-session online course you’ll quickly learn how to create simple web apps with features that take advantage of the device’s remarkable functionality. What will I learn? * Build working web apps for the iPhone, using HTML and CSS web standards * Learn what a mobile web app is and how it differs from a native iPhone app * Create gestures and animation using JavaScript and the iUI and jQTouch libraries * Integrate your web app with several iPhone features * Build simple native iPhone apps using the TapLynx library-without programming! * Learn how to build on your newfound iPhone web app development skills Presented by CreativeTechs in partnership with O’Reilly, each session offers easy-to-follow, hands-on lessons. All you need to know in advance is HTML, CSS, and JavaScript basics. The LIVE online sessions are free; a video package is also available for purchase, including slide presentations, code examples and other course materials. Sign up today!