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RIA toolkit for Java developers: Adobe Flex

What is Adobe Flex?
Adobe Flex is a RIA toolkit leveraging the Flash platform. The following parts make up Adobe Flex:

SDK: The Software Development Kit contains the compiler, utilities, classlibrary, sourcecode and documentation. The SDK is similar to the Java JDK, and most parts are released as Open Source.
Flash Player: This is the runtime environment. The [...]

The case for RIA technology from a Java developer perspective

The market for RIA toolkits is changing quickly – like three years ago we didn’t even know what it was, right now we are slapped around the ears with terms like Rich Content, Widgets, Realtime Ajax communication, Single-Page Interfaces and whatnot. A few years ago we were quite satisfied with Apache Struts and a bit [...]

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RT @Werner: War is God's way of teaching Americans geography - Paul Rodriguez /via Randy Katz

Friday 7:32

Getting my eyes wet due to school achievements of my sons. They remind me of their father in completely different ways. Proud!

Thursday 10:01

iPad spin-off: e-reader, ipod, iPhone apps, browser, email, iWork; HP Slate spin-off: I run flash. What?

Thursday 8:08

Just found out about #Cufon. Seems way nicer than #sIFR, just for the fact it doesn't depend on #flash.

Wednesday 13:41

I see. "Web Indexed DB" is supposed to supplant Web Database in the long run due to SQLite dependencies - see http://bit.ly/aIKshA #html5

Wednesday 10:04