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A rich Internet application (RIA) is a Web application that has many of the characteristics of desktop application software, typically delivered by way of a site-specific browser, a browser plug-in, an independent sandbox, extensive use of JavaScript, or a virtual machine.

A rich Internet application (RIA) is a Web application that has many of the characteristics of desktop application software, typically delivered by way of a site-specific browser, a browser plug-in (such as or ), an independent sandbox, extensive use of JavaScript, or a virtual machine.

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What are the pros and cons of the assorted Java web frameworks?

I am considering creating my own website using Java and am trying to decide what framework to use. However, doing a quick search for Java frameworks returns more than 50 to choose from! My website is just going to be for my own enjoyment of building…
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List of rich web application technologies

I am trying to get myself acquainted with the world of rich web application. There are some comparison tables of available technologies on the Wikipedia, but I still find it unclear what are the options for rich application development. Could you…
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Will ExtJS die?

I look at ExtJS, and it appears to provide many of the RIA features that more bulky suites such as Flex provide, without the flash requirement. However, as Open-source initiatiatives such as jQuery-UI continue, will ExtJS simply die at some point?…
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The dangers of using ExtJS on a big project with RoR?

We are developing a considerably big application using Ruby on Rails framework (CRM system) and are considering to rewrite it to use ExtJS so that Rails would just do the data handling, while ExtJS would do all the browser heavylifting in a…
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Why do we not see much AJAX in secure applications like internet banking?

Can someone list with references / evidences if possible, why we don't see much AJAX in secure web applications like internet banking? For instance - Internet banking has a list of tabs for Accounts, Payments, Tools, Reports. Normally you'd see…
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HTML5 manifest and chrome

I am seeing this error in my console for chrome. Application Cache Error event: Failed to commit new cache to storage, would exceed quota it means what it seems to mean right? That my app is trying to cache too much data? Is there anything that…
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Is Silverlight the 'same' as jQuery?

Could Silverlight be used for the same things as jQuery, or are they intended for different things? For example, vb.net could be used for the same stuff as C# while C# is intended for different things than what JavaScript is. Is Silverlight and…
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Silverlight vs Flash vs HTML5, should I care?

I have read a range of articles on advantages/disadvantages of Microsoft Silverlight framework in comparisson to Flash. Fact that there were two version of Silverlight in the past 18 months worries me, as well as the fact that over 97% of web…
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Html5 local datastore, and sync across devices

I am building a full featured web application. Naturally, you can save when you are in 'offline' mode to the local datastore. I want to be able to sync across devices, so people can work on one machine, save, then get on another machine and load…
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Is JavaScript an application language?

I have always thought of JavaScript as a client-side scripting tool for augmenting the functionality of HTML, which in turn is usually generated by some other server-side technology - Java, .NET, Rails, Django, PHP, etc. Recently though I have heard…
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Migrating a 2-tier Java application to...?

We currently have a 2-tier Java Swing application sitting on top of MS SQL Server 2005. All the business logic is in the database. The client is quite old (and not very friendly), and for reasons of performance and scalability, we've already…
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Should I buy Obout controls?

We started a new project and the nature of the project is very interactive and a Rich UI is required. We would need a set of controls that would require for Rich UI development. I found Obout while googling. I never heard about them and never seen…
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How to share entities between domain services in WCF RIA Services framework?

If I would build a big WCF RIA Services application with multiple domain services how could I have certain entities, which are shared between those domain services and exposed by them in different context. For example I could have a Cutomer entity,…
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Has Jquery/MooTools/Prototype eliminated the need for GWT?

I don't hear much about GWT any more. When it first came out, it seemed to be all the rave in certain RIA circles. But lately my impression is that GWT has suffered a dip in popularity because solutions like Jquery/MooTools/Prototype offer a much…
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Are there any RIA Frameworks which allow me to use C++?

I have written an simple applications in C++, and I need to connect with any RIA just for viewing the process ... is there is any good RIA based on C++
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