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Top 10 Code Editors for Web Developers!

I love talking about IDEs and code editors. This has to be the damn touchiest nerd subject of all-time.

16 replies - 5760 views - 04/10/08 by Alexander Pilafian in News

Java Applets "Dead Man Walking?" Is a Comeback Impossible?

This evening I read a provocative piece on a blog by FunkyCodeMonkey, the thinking monkey. (I can't tell you how  amazed I am that a monkey can actually write...

26 replies - 4043 views - 04/08/08 by Rick Ross in News

Adobe Puts Out AIR for Linux Alpha; Joins the Linux Foundation

Adobe has put an alpha pre-release of AIR for Linux up at www.adobe.com/go/airlinux in hopes, it says, of getting feedback from the community, not to mention...

0 replies - 320 views - 03/31/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

What Does it Take to Be a Good RIA Platform?

Yesterday, I had a very interesting blog debate with a guy named Martin Beeby. He was arguing that Silverlight would eventually crush Flex because Adobe is...

1 replies - 980 views - 03/15/08 by Sebastien Arbogast in News

Are you facing some problems in Silverlight 2 (beta 1) Tools for Visual Studio 2008 Installation?

Problem ~An Error Has Occurred:Silverlight Tools cannot be installed because one or more of the following conditions is true:1. Visual Studio 2008 RTM is not...

0 replies - 1156 views - 03/08/08 by Michael Sync in News

Why AIR Is Not Google Gears, Prism, JavaFX or Silverlight & Why It May Be Bad News for Microsoft and Apple

Adobe’s release last week of its AIR 1.0 (Adobe Integrated Runtime) cross-platform platform got plenty of ink. Much of it missed the point.And that’s...

2 replies - 922 views - 03/07/08 by Tim Negris in News

RIA on your Phone?

I love Apple. I confess I'm a pure fanboy, writing this post on a Macbook Pro I'm very proud of, and I really admire what Steve Jobs has managed to do with...

0 replies - 142 views - 03/07/08 by Sebastien Arbogast in News

Selenium Users Meetup at Google

Earlier this week, I attended the inaugural Selenium User Group meetup at Google's Campus in Mountain View. It was an excellent event, with many of the core...

0 replies - 1895 views - 02/27/08 by Matt Raible in News

Wrong bet: Flex 3 and AIR have been released... today!

One month ago, I tried to guess a release date for Flex 3 based on some hints by Serge Jespers. As a matter of fact, I was a little bit too optimistic with my...

0 replies - 125 views - 02/25/08 by Sebastien Arbogast in News

Flex is in the Air

Reading about it in the new edition of the German Typo3 Magazine TN3 I had a look at hype! for AIR news. I found a post about a Firebug-like tool available for...

0 replies - 1613 views - 02/24/08 by Rainer Eschen in News

How to Quickly and Simply Integrate Open Flash Chart into Struts 2

Open Flash Chart is a free and open source Flash chart library. It lets you generate charts in Flash via data from a variety of languages, including PHP,...

2 replies - 3285 views - 02/15/08 by Geertjan Wielenga in News

The Flex Office Suite is (almost) Complete

Today, I’ve discovered yet another great Flex app that completes my online Flex Office basic suite. It’s called BList and once again, the ease of use of...

1 replies - 244 views - 02/06/08 by Sebastien Arbogast in News

Creating Flex Applications with IntelliJ IDEA

We’ve got great news for those who were waiting for an easier way to create rich Internet applications with Adobe Flex using IntelliJ IDEA.Many advanced...

4 replies - 930 views - 02/06/08 by Ann Oreshnikova in News

Laszlo in Action hits the shelves

After many months of editing and fine-tuning, Manning finally published Laszlo in Action, the first comprehensive guide towards OpenLaszlo besides the...

0 replies - 391 views - 02/05/08 by Geert Bevin in News

Who's Zoomin' Who? Scaling in Compiled JavaFX Script

In the Spinning Wheel Got to Go 'Round post, I showed you some basic animation in the context of a wheel that can be used to select a prize winner. Now I'd...

3 replies - 1088 views - 02/04/08 by Jim Weaver in News