Dietrich Kappe's Agile Ajax Blog
Just as with advertising measurement for AJAX, I continue to follow the
technology known as Comet (open up an HTTP request from browser to server,
then keep it open, pushing content down periodically) to see if it is ready
for prime time. I thought I'd share my reading list from the last few
months:20,000 Reasons Why Comet Scales - Greg Wilkins achieved sub-second
latency using Dojo Cometd/Bayeux and Jetty. Yes, it's a benchmark, and
benchmarks can't be swallowed whole, but it's still quite impressive to see
just two load balanced servers manage this kind of load.
Comet: Reverse Ajax for streaming data from the server - Daniel Rubio of
TheServerSide take an introductory look at Comet, but from the Enterprise/SOA
perspective. If you're look... (more)
Dietrich Kappe's Agile Ajax Blog
Half a year has passed since I published 36 GWT Tutorials. As expected,
several new tutorials have come along that demonstrate deeper, more
sophisticated aspects of the framework, as well as addressing specific IDE's
and libraries.
Ryan Heaton is doing some great work in his blog. This tutorial jams together
enunciate (a "convention over configuration" web... (more)
Just a quick update from the latest AJAXWorld conference (which is now
over). I gave my talk at AJAXWorld East 2008 and got some interesting
reactions. Met a lot of cool folks, put some faces to names, got to sit on a
panel with Douglas Crockford. Cool beans. More next week.
The talk really had three parts.What is GWT and how do you use it? How do I
resurface an existing J2EE app? Where ar... (more)
This content is reprinted from Real-World AJAX: Secrets of the Masters
published by SYS-CON Books. To order the entire book now along with companion
DVDs for the special pre-order price, click here for more information. Aimed
at everyone from enterprise developers to self-taught scripters, Real-World
AJAX: Secrets of the Masters is the perfect book for anyone who wants to
start developin... (more)
This content is reprinted from Real-World AJAX: Secrets of the Masters
published by SYS-CON Books. To order the entire book now along with companion
DVDs for the special pre-order price, click here for more information. Aimed
at everyone from enterprise developers to self-taught scripters, Real-World
AJAX: Secrets of the Masters is the perfect book for anyone who wants to
start developin... (more)
Dietrich Kappe is a co-founder and the CTO of Pathfinder Development, a firm that combines User Experience Design and Agile to speed software product development. He published one of the first 100 public websites and launched one of the first Java Servlet-based web applications. He has been a software engineer for two decades, a frequent open source contributor, and has developed applications for the Media, Financial Services, Insurance and Healthcare industries.
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