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PHP is the server-side
technology behind the
majority of Web 2.0 sites
like Facebook, Flickr,
Technorati, Ning, and Web
2.0 applications like
IBM's QedWiki, Wordpress
and SugarCRM, the new
generation of Rich
Internet Applications
(RIAs). Zend's CTO Andi
Gutmans wi...
In this session, Laurence
Moroney, Microsoft, will
introduce Silverlight 2.0
and how it can be used to
easily and productively
build next generation
Rich Interactive
Applications using C#,
XAML, JavaScript, AJAX
and more. He will
demonstrate how to go
from Zero-to...
Open source, open
platforms, open
development
environments... 'Open'
can mean a lot of things,
and the differences
between one 'open' and
another can be
significant. David
'Lefty' Schelsinger will
examine the various
aspects and uses of the
term 'open' as it rel...
Many business developers
want to start using AJAX
by enhancing the forms in
their existing
applications. This
presentation will
demonstrate how to
quickly and easily add
AJAX capabilities to
standard HTML forms using
the Dojo toolkit. The
talk is geared to
devel...
Jeff Haynie will
introduce the audience to
Appcelerator's
open-source RIA platform.
Attendees will learn how
Appcelerator has been
able to help developers
create AJAX-based RIAs in
less than 1/3 of the
time, with up to 90
percent less code, and
with no Javascript ...
Web Developers these days
should use libraries, for
the main reason that all
libraries want the same
thing: make it easier for
developers to think about
building their
applications rather than
worrying about quirks and
failures of Web browsers.
Some libraries go eve...
Come learn how to take
your UI to the next level
with Silverlight. You'll
see how powerful Zoomable
interfaces can be built
(hint: bring some 3D Red
and Blue glasses!), how
ink can be integrated
into your Web UI, how
internationalization is a
piece of sushi and how ...
Caucho presents a new API
and infrastructure for
Enterprise Comet
applications which takes
care of issues such as
thread and session
management, while using
an interface familiar to
Java developers who have
used JavaEE Servlets.
Demos will be presented
which use t...
Project Zero is an agile
development and execution
environment which
leverages REST and
scripting runtimes to
speed and simplify
development of dynamic
Web applications. Project
Zero includes a scripting
runtime for Groovy and
PHP with application
programming inte...
Consumer applications
such as Google Maps have
opened the eyes of
business users to a new
Web experience, but the
technology behind Google
Maps -- AJAX -- poses
significant development
and maintenance
challenges. Although
powerful in the hands of
rocket scientists...
The iPhone is
transforming the Web as
we know it and compelling
every Web designer to
consider handheld
portable devices. This
session covers various
aspects of iPhone and
iPod Touch development.
It will include tips and
tricks as well as best
practices to follow....
As more traditional sites
adopt Web 2.0
technologies including
AJAX, Web Services, SOA
and PHP to perform online
transactions one thing is
certain--- these new
technologies bring
security issues and
ignoring them could lead
to serious breaches.
Watchfire will
de...
The notion of building
'social applications' has
taken the Web by storm.
Today it is not only
important to understand
how to build Web or AJAX
applications, but with
the advent of the 'Social
Graph', AJAX developer's
must have a solid
understanding of how to
build...
You think your ASP.NET
AJAX application is
secure, but how do you
know? Are you SURE? Would
you bet your career on
it? Secure application
design is 1/3
Architecture, 1/3 Code,
and 1/3 Operations. You
can't retro-fit a secure
architecture. In this
Digital Black Bel...
AJAX is not about Eye
Candy. AJAX is about
building functionality
that is difficult or
impossible with
conventional web
development technology.
Done right your web
applications ROCK, but it
it's done wrong and your
infrastructure pays the
price. This session will ...
Agility comes from
releasing pockets of
innovation that exists
within organizations. To
make this happen, the
right people in the right
places need the right
information at the right
time. What if I was to
tell you that today the
technology exists to
enable these ...
Ruby on Rails has
certainly played a role
in delivering Rich Web
Applications which take
full advantage of AJAX.
In this session,
delegates will learn how
Ruby on Rails empowers
developers to create rich
interfaces without
writing any JavaScript.
This talk will: G...
The Web is continuously
democratizing how
information is consumed.
Today, personal Web use
has led to a rapid
increase in user
sophistication which is
naturally reaching the
Enterprise. A new mode of
information visualization
known as a Mashup
combined with the
...
You've heard about Web
2.0 Enterprise Mashups,
you've seen the press,
now you can see the real
thing; announcing
'Outsider', version 3 of
our highly acclaimed
DreamFace Open Source
Ajax Framework for
building Web 2.0
Enterprise Mashups. Come
see how to build
per...
Quest Diagnostics is the
leading provider of
diagnostic testing,
offering access to its
services through its
national network of
laboratories and patient
service centers. Quest's
Care360 Web-based lab
ordering system is relied
upon by tens of thousands
of customer...
Designing a state of the
art user interface (UI)
in a very visual
application that is
managing a lot of
elements posed
significant challenge due
to the nature of the
application: virtualizing
and running entire data
centers through a
browser. With thousands
of o...
AJAX is seemingly
everywhere. But is
everything a nail to be
pounded with the AJAX
hammer? Some of the
fundamental technologies
that AJAX is based on -
including HTML, CSS, and
JavaScript - can offer
simpler, more elegant
solutions that are better
suited to certai...
Web 2.0 and Enterprise
2.0 have brought IT
organizations a set of
capabilities to better
meet the demands of
business users. However,
IT needs to be proactive
and build processes to
enable agility and
creativity, and deploy
these assets with
appropriate
enterpri...
The AJAX hype had left
enterprises behind with
no adequate solutions for
security concerns, cost
of development, needed
complexities support and
off-line option.
On-Server AJAX, offers
revolutionary solutions
to those concerns and
needs. The On-Server AJAX
paradig...
Yahoo! released the Yahoo
User Interface Library
(YUI) as a free,
open-source JavaScript
and CSS library eighteen
months ago along with a
commitment to the
developer community:
We'll share with you our
best frontend tools,
engage with you about how
they're built a...
As the Internet continues
to evolve, new business
and technical
opportunities are
emerging almost daily.
This session will talk in
detail about some of them
but focus on the concepts
of remixability of all
types of content. We will
discuss in detail the
OpenAJAX G...
Without a doubt, Social
Computing is the
preeminent phenomenon
rising on the second wave
of the web, and the
iPhone will become one of
the dominant clients for
Social Computing in the
mobile space. Come to
this talk and find out
how ICEfaces delivers the
goods t...
Social computing is no
longer a casual activity:
corporations are
increasingly leveraging
wikis and blogs to
enhance collaboration
inside and outside the
firewall. Next-generation
social computing demands
spontaneous and
responsive collaboration.
Are AJAX technolo...
Since the iPhone was
first released, early
adopters haven't stopped
talking about what they
think of the device.
While the free promotion
can be a great marketing
tool for wireless
carriers, it can be
crippling if users have
issues with session and
network quality...
As the momentum for the
new class of SOA
middleware continues to
grow, developers are
looking for simple yet
scalable solutions that
can integrate disparate
data across a variety of
on-premises, on-demand
and Web 2.0 information
sources and applications.
With many...
Enterprises have been
making significant
investments to create SOA
infrastructures that
produce SOA and Web
services. The focus is
now shifting to 'putting
a face on SOA' by
enabling distributed
business units to easily
consume these services
and thus accelerate S...