(Kurt Cagle) Suppose, for a moment, that you had the whole computer revolution to do over again, knowing what you know now about things such as the shape of languages, the emergence of databases, the rise of networking and the Web, and so forth. For instance, while networking took shape first in the

(Dino Esposito) Last month I built a framework to monitor ongoing server-side tasks from the client. Using this framework, which I’ll call Progress Monitor Framework (or PMF), you can provide Web users with information about the progress of operations running on the server, something that typically

(Ed Tittel) Amidst all the hype and buzzwords that surround SOA nowadays, it’s still far too common for organizations that seek to integrate service-oriented architecture into their IT infrastructure to omit issues related to data integration, management and governance in their designs. As they roll

(Atif Aziz and Scott Mitchell) This article discusses JavaScript Object Notation (or JSON), an open and text-based data exchange format, that provides a standardized data exchange format better suited for Ajax-style web applications.

(Gal Shachor, Yoav Rubin, Shmulik London and Shmuel Kallner) Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript + XML) programming techniques are increasingly dominating the world of Web application development. New developers are stepping into the world of Ajax development every day, and they come from disparate develo

(Ian Dickinson) Java programmers who want to develop semantic web applications have a growing range of tools and libraries to choose from. One such tool, the Jena platform, is an open source toolkit for processing Resource Description Framework (RDF), Web Ontology Language (OWL), and other semantic

(Xianzhong Zhu) In the first installment of this series, we have appreciated the new built-in Behavior features brought by ASP.NET AJAX Futures CTP. And now, in this second installment, we are to enjoy all the animating effects supplied by the Futures January CTP library—PreviewGlitz.

(Peter Galli) Microsoft has suffered a setback in the quest to have its Open XML document format approved as an ISO standard.

(Oleg Tkachenko) Saxon, famous XSLT 2.0 and XQuery processor, supports XInclude since version 8.9. But in Java version only! When I first heard about it I thought “I have good XInclude implementation for .NET in Mvp.Xml library, let’s check out if Saxon on .NET works with XInclude.NET”. I did some t

(Michael Galpin) Web application development has been revolutionized by Ajax. What was once a new and flashy technology is now becoming ubiquitous. End users are coming to expect that certain interactions with a Web application will be done “with no refresh,” in other words, using Ajax. The ubiquity