Category Archives: .Net

.Net Rocks! Podcast from CodeMash 2009 RIA Panel

By James Ward | Published: January 15, 2009

At CodeMash 2009 I was able to participate in a panel discussion about Rich Internet Applications, Flex, Silverlight, and Ajax. The panel was moderated by Richard and Carl from the .NET Rocks! podcast. Also on the panel was Josh Holmes and Jesse Liberty from Microsoft and Leon Gersing. It was a fun [...]

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Architecture of RIA from JAOO

By James Ward | Published: October 27, 2008

At the JAOO conference in Aarhus, Denmark I was able to co-present with Josh Holmes from Microsoft about the Architecture of RIA. This presentation was technology agnostic so we didn’t talk about specific implementations using platforms like Flex / Flash or Silverlight. Josh has posted the presentation slides and detailed notes on his [...]

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My Adobe MAX 2008 Talk

By James Ward | Published: July 9, 2008

It’s hard to believe that Adobe MAX 2008 in the US is only 4 months away! It’s going to be another great MAX and I really hope that you can make it. This year I have one session: Working with Data in Flex Explore various methods for accessing data in applications built with Flex 3. [...]

Also posted in BlazeDS, ColdFusion, Flex, Java, LCDS, PHP | Leave a comment

Upcoming Events: CodeMash, RIA Jam, Flex-TurboGears Jam

By James Ward | Published: December 18, 2007

It’s hard to believe that 2007 is almost over. It’s been an amazing year! Thanks for reading and contributing. I’m looking forward to another great year in 2008. And it all begins when I hit the road the second week of January for CodeMash 2008. I went to CodeMash last [...]

Also posted in Adobe AIR, Flex, Python, RIA, Silverlight | 1 Comment

What is a Rich Internet Application?

By James Ward | Published: October 17, 2007

The more software experiences become like the natural world the more users are pleased with those experiences. One of the most powerful, understandable, and universal concepts in computing is the idea of a desktop containing files and folders. Users embraced this metaphor in their software because it modeled their natural world experience. There is [...]

Also posted in Adobe AIR, Ajax, Flash Player, Flex, Java, RIA, Silverlight | 17 Comments

Flex 3 and Silverlight

By James Ward | Published: September 19, 2007

InfoQ recently published an interview with me about Flex 3 and Silverlight. In the interview I talked about what I see are some of the differences between Flex and Silverlight. After reading my words again I realized that they may come across as critical of Silverlight. I don’t at all intend them [...]

Also posted in Flex, Silverlight | 4 Comments