AJAX

Why You Can’t Compare Cross-Browser Execution Times of Selenium Tests

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:00:50 EDT

I am currently working on a blog where I am going to explain how to do cross-browser testing and performance analysis using dynaTrace. Before I am going to blog that How-To I want to share with you one thing that I have noticed when executing my tests in Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox 3.6. Test execution times are very different – but – this is not because one browser is slower than the other. It is because Selenium has different synchronization mechanisms in IE and FF to e.g: wait for a page to be loaded.

Premium AJAX Edition 3 Extensions

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:45:00 EDT

If you are serious about Web Development then I am sure you are working on Web 2.0 Applications leveraging several JavaScript Frameworks, making XHR calls to the Server to retrieve dynamic content and also include 3rd party content such as Ads or Social Network Plugins. You probably also have Selenium, WebDriver or any other functional tests in place that get executed in your Continuous Integration environment. If any of this is true, you likely want to automate your efforts around web performance optimization as it is too complex and inefficient to verify performance manually on all your pages across all your supported browsers. dynaTrace offers premium extensions to the free dynaTrace AJAX Edition that can accelerate your tasks through enterprise-class automation. Let’s look at the main capabilities this upgrade gives you.

dynaTrace AJAX Edition 3.0 Released

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:15:00 EDT

With its latest release, dynaTrace updates its Product Suite for Deep Dive, Automated Cross-Browser Web Performance Optimization with two products: dynaTrace AJAX Edition 3.0 is the free standalone tool that has been downloaded by 30k+ users so far supporting both Firefox (3.6, 4.0) and Internet Explorer (6, 7 & 8) dynaTrace Development Team Edition is the Premium Upgrade and provides extended automation, end-to-end performance and automated regression analysis for modern Web 2.0 Applications

Real-Life AJAX Troubleshooting Guide

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 11:00:00 EDT

One of our clients occasionally runs into the following problem with their web app: They host their B2B web application in their East Coast Data Center with their clients accessing the app from all around the United States. Occasionally they have clients complaining about bad page load times or that certain features just don’t work on their browsers. When the problem can’t be reproduced in-house and all of the “usual suspects” (problem with internet connection, faulty proxy, user error, …) are ruled out they actually have to fly out an engineer to the client to analyze the problem on-site. That’s a lot of time and money spent to troubleshoot a problem.

Calling Client Side JavaScript from a BIRT Chart

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:00:00 EST

A couple of months ago I detailed a new feature for BIRT charts that allows multiple hyperlinks to be attached to one the supported events. That post is available read more

Quest OnDemand Goes Live

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:23:00 EST

Systems Management as a Service (is there an acronym for this yet?) is finally becoming a reality. Today at Microsoft Professional Developer Conference we have announced beta launch of Quest OnDemand our online IT management services. This is one of the projects which have been consuming most of my time for the last year so I [...]

A Step-by-Step Guide to dynaTrace AJAX Edition

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:15:00 EST

The dynaTrace AJAX Edition has been out there as an Alpha for a couple of weeks. It gave you the first impression what was to come. All the feedback we have received (like that from Steve Souders, and all that has come in via the contact form and the online forum) in that time made it possible to improve the tool from its early versions to its first "official" release version.

JSF Mojarra Extension Tags Validation and Focus

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:30:00 EDT

Here is something you may or may not know. JSF Mojarra comes with a small extension tag library with three tags: regular expression validator, credit card validator, and focus setting tag. They are available since JSF version 1.2_09, but maybe even earlier (I didn’t check). Page setup Before using any of the tags, add this xml [...]

Server-Side JavaScript - All the Cool Kids Are Doing It!

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EDT

In this session that no developer who uses JavaScript or ActionScript will want to miss, delegates will learn how to: Overcome common hurdles and pitfalls of client-side only JavaScript development, Speed up development time by cutting out extra server-side code and processing scripts that are no longer necessary, and Clean up your code base by reducing (or even eliminating) the number of languages needed to leverage to accomplish common tasks (i.e. Why bother with server-side PHP scripts to fetch database results when you can do it all in JavaScript on the server? Why mess with Curl to fetch content that your JavaScript code can grab in one line?)

Use JavaScript 2 Today with OpenLaszlo

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:30:00 EDT

JavaScript 2 is becoming increasingly important. Learn how to take advantage of JavaScript 2 while still running in today's browsers. Leverage your current JavaScript and HTML skills to build applications that run in Flash 7-9, DHTML and more with no code changes! OpenLaszlo 4.2 includes a new JavaScript 2-based compiler that translates JS2 syntax to a variety of formats, including JS 1.5, Actionscript 1 & 2 and Actionscript 3. When Firefox 4 is out, we'll be ready with native JavaScript 2.0 support! Come learn about this exciting new development, and about the new features designed to make developing complex apps easy, including cross-browser history and vector graphics support.

The Beauty of JavaScript

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:45:00 EDT

JavaScript is one of the most interesting and misunderstood programming languages in common use today. Most developers will go their entire careers without realizing its full potential. It's not often that you get a language that supports the feature set that JavaScript does, while still being as widely deployed. This talk will spotlight some patterns surrounding JavaScript's most elegant features such as closures, lambdas, object and array literals, object prototypes, private members and dynamic scope resolution -- all without boring you to tears.

JavaFX Preview Out

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:54:00 EDT

Sun has released a JavaFX preview to create sexy rich Internet applications (RIAs) on PCs, mobile, TV and other consumer devices on the Java platform. It’s not ready for commercial applications yet; Sun is looking for feedback.

AJAX and Enterprise RIA Tools - JSF, Flex, and JavaFX

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:45:00 EDT

2008 is going to be an important year for Rich Internet Applications. Most organizations are delivering or planning to deliver Rich Internet Applications; however, at the same time, most IT managers are facing a dilemma: which Rich Internet Application technology and platform to use? The number of different frameworks and libraries is too vast to even consider evaluating a fraction of them.

Where Are RIA Technologies Headed in 2008?

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:45:00 EST

I am always being told off by i-technologists for quoting Picasso as having said that computers are useless. But I still love his reasoning: 'Because they can only give you answers.' Picasso, like AJAXWorld Magazine, liked questions. So we thought we would share with you what some of the world's leading rich Internet application pioneers are thinking may be the next questions that we need to see answered. From that, readers can themselves infer: where is AJAX headed next?

As Enterprise RIA Development Market Mushrooms, Marc Fleury Joins Board of Appcelerator

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:00:00 EST

Appcelerator CEO Jeff Haynie is quoted as saying about Fleury, 'We believe the knowledge he developed building JBoss, to the point where it quickly became a true challenger to much larger competitors and a substantial industry force, will be invaluable to Appcelerator as we look to achieve similar dominance in our pursuit of the enterprise RIA development market.' According to Fleury the company delivers cross-platform functionality on the server side, supporting the .NET, Java, Ruby or PHP architectures. On the client side, its RIA widgets are standards-based and portable across browsers.

Happy Birthday, Ajax4jsf!

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:00:00 EDT

Ajax4jsf has turned one and what a year it has been. It was an amazing ride for all of us here at Exadel. The popularity of Ajax4jsf is evidenced by the size of the community, available resources, examples, blog entries, and articles. Also, a significant number of organizations today use Ajax4jsf in production. Ajax4jsf is an open source extension to JavaServer Faces (JSF) that adds AJAX capability to JSF applications without requiring the writing of any JavaScript. So, after wishing Ajax4jsf and those who have worked on it a heartfelt 'Happy Birthday,' let's take the time to reflect on this whirlwind of a year.

AJAXWorld Conference $250 Savings Deadline Expires Friday, August 17

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 17:00:00 EDT

AJAXWorld 2007 West will take place on September 23-26, 2007, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa Clara, California, and will offer a new dedicated 'iPhone Track.' Another dedicated track will offer a comparative education opportunity for conference delegates on emerging RIA tools, including a Diamond track on OpenLaszlo and sessions on Microsoft's Silverlight, Adobe's AIR and Sun's JavaFX.

JavaServer Faces and AJAX for Google Fans

Wed, 16 May 2007 20:00:00 EDT

This is our last article in a series of four that have been introducing the concepts of creating AJAX-enabled JavaServer Faces (JSF) components. In this article we are going to summarize and encapsulate the concepts that were introduced in the three previous JDJ articles starting with the 'Rich Internet Components with JavaServer Faces' (Vol. 10, issue 11), and design a Google-like JDJ InputSuggest component.

ICEsoft Open Sources ICEfaces Enterprise AJAX Platform for Java EE

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:45:00 EST

ICEsoft Technologies, Inc., a provider of enterprise AJAX solutions, has announced a new chapter in the high-growth rich Internet Application (RIA) market. ICEfaces, ICEsoft's ground breaking AJAX development platform and one of the industry's most comprehensive enterprise solution for Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE), is now available under open source license.

How AJAX Works

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:30:00 EST

When I was learning how to work with AJAX, I went through a number of 101-type articles. The biggest problem with these tutorials is that the authors are trying to explain several things at once, which is confusing. I'll try to offer you a very simple example of an Ajax application.

AJAX Update: AjaxAnywhere – Initial Release of v1.0

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:30:00 EDT

The AjaxAnywhere project has made available its intial release - version 1.0. According to company sources, 'AjaxAnywhere turns any set of existing JSP components into AJAX-aware components without a complex JavaScript coding. Simply separate your web page into multiple zones, and use AjaxAnywhere to refresh only those zones that needs to be updated.'

PRWeb Launches Internet's First Free Photowire Service Using Open Source AJAX Technology

Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:00:00 EST

PRWeb, the Internet's leading press release distribution newswire, has announced the beta launch of PRWeb Photowire, the Internet's first free news and PR image wire service. PRWeb Photowire allows users to upload their own high-resolution news photos and images, providing a stand-alone resource for quickly delivering news images to the media. In addition, the new service enables images to be tagged with keywords using Open Source AJAX technology.

Comprehensive AJAX Platform Released As Open Source

Tue, 10 Jan 2006 23:15:00 EST

Developers now have a fast, efficient and cost-effective way to create AJAX-enabled rich Internet applications with the release of ClearNova's, ThinkCAP JX --the first rapid application development (RAD) platform to be offered as open source, and the first visual development environment for building rich Internet applications. ThinkCAP JX combines the power of AJAX, Java EE and open source to enable organizations and their developers to build the web-based applications that run their businesses.

AJAX & Java: Feature Interview with "AJAX in Action" Coauthor Dave Crane

Wed, 04 Jan 2006 02:45:00 EST

In this interview, Dave Crane not only talks about AJAX but also about how AJAX can fit into the kind of applications and frameworks we are used to working with today. He also tells us why he feels AJAX has become so popular in such a short time and what lies in the future for Java-based AJAX development.

AJAX and Rich Internet Applications Presented by ClearNova's Steve Benfield

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:30:00 EST

'Though it's been around for a while, AJAX is now a hot topic in the application developer community because it brings cross-platform rich user interfaces to Web applications without having to use products like Microsoft .NET or Macromedia,' said Steve Benfield. Benfield explains what all the AJAX fuss is about, dispel some myths and advise how best to take advantage of the trend during his SYS-CON.TV Webinar.

What Are the Pitfalls to Implementing an AJAX Framework?

Wed, 21 Sep 2005 06:45:00 EDT

'Though it's been around for a while, AJAX is now a hot topic in the application developer community because it brings cross-platform rich user interfaces to web applications without having to use products like Microsoft .NET or Macromedia,' said Steve Benfield as he announced that his September 27 session at the Austin Java User's Group will be called 'Injecting Life into Boring Web Applications with AJAX.' Benfield plans, he says, to explain what all the AJAX fuss is about, dispel some myths and advise how best to take advantage of the trend.

TIBCO Releases AJAX-Based Development Solution "General Interface 3.0"

Mon, 12 Sep 2005 17:45:00 EDT

The new Tibco General Interface 3.0 consists of two components, Tibco General Interface Framework and Tibco General Interface Builder, which together enable developers to deliver applications that run completely in a standard Web browser, the company says. This installation-free framework eliminates the need for client-side software, end-user plug-ins, ActiveX controls or Java applets.

TIBCO Software Accelerates Development and Deployment of Rich Internet Applications

Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:45:00 EDT

TIBCO Software Inc., a business integration and process management software company that enables real-time business, has announced the availability of TIBCO General Interface 3.0.