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Thursday, November 20, 2008
Is Silverlight 2 Enterprise-Ready?
Microsoft has released version two of its Flex-killer called Silverlight. Microsoft is pushing the technology for use in businesses - essentially for developing
enterprise mashups and the types of interactive sites currently built using Flex.
It would be nice to compare Silverlight with Flex, but you need to agree to giving Microsoft "standard computer information" that seems pretty invasive:
Internet-enabled features in software will send information about your computer ("standard computer information") to the Web sites you visit and Web services you use. This information is generally not personally identifiable. Standard computer information typically includes information such as your IP address, operating system version, browser version, your hardware ID which indicates the device manufacturer, device name, and version, application version and your regional and language settings. In this case, the application version would be the version of Silverlight installed on your device. Silverlight contains an update notification feature that sends standard computer information to Microsoft.
Information that is sent to Microsoft by this software will be used to provide you with Silverlight features and services. This information may be used to improve Silverlight and our other products and services, as well as for analysis purposes. Except as described in this statement, information you provide will not be transferred to third parties without your consent. We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, such as packaging, sending, and delivering purchases and other mailings, answering customer questions about software or services, processing event registration, or performing statistical analysis of our services. We will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.Looks like the safest option is to check out the video demos on YouTube!
Labels: Enteprise Mashups, Flex
Monday, September 29, 2008
The Top 10 Things You Should Know About Flex
Alaric Cole, the author of Leaning Flex 3, has produced a list of "
The Top 10 Things You Should Know About Flex":
1. Flex is Web Standards, Redefined
2. Flex is Flash (and then some)
3. Flex Just Works
4. Flex is Server Agnostic
5. Flex is the Look You Want
6. Flex is Light, and Fast
7. Flex is Accessible
8. Flex is SEO-Compatible
9. Flex is Free, and Open
10. Flex is Easy to Learn
Item 10 is subjective - Flex is easy to get started with but like everything else, experience does count. Item 5 should be promoted to the top of the list - Flex-based applications can often look stunning. Item 9 is true as far as the SDK is concerned. And of course, the list does not mention how Flex fits in with
enteprise mashups.
Labels: Flex
Thursday, June 12, 2008
The Good, the Bad, and JSF 2.0
The JSF 2.0 Expert Group has released an Early Access Draft of the next version of the specification, and it’s looking ugly. While it would be all to easy to provide a long list of reasons why the new version of the specification is disappointing, it should be sufficient to point to the
comments on The Server Side discussion to understand why CodeFutures will not be added JSF support to FireStorm/DAO.
The simple fact is that not a single FireStorm/DAO user has ever requested JSF support and there are technologies out that that are far more impressive such as Flex and some Ajax implementations.
Labels: FireStorm/DAO, Flex, JSF
