From AIR to ZK, this is an alphabetical round-up of the fast moving-world of application development tools and frameworks spawned ever since the appearance of Google Maps, the canonical early RIA. The words used to describe the various solutions are in every case taken from the sites cited, so as ever we encourage developers in every case to "suck it and see" by downloading or otherwise sampling the tool in question.
Omissions should be sent to ria (at) sys-con.com, and we will endeavor to include them in a future revision of this round-up
Adobe AIR - cross-operating system runtime that lets developers use their existing web development skills in HTML, AJAX, Flash and Flex to build and deploy rich Internet applications to the desktop (http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air/).
Appcelerator - a next-generation, open source web platform for developing Rich Internet Applications on a Services Oriented Architecture (SOA), Appcelerator is standards-based, supports all modern web browsers and can be developed in Java, .NET, PHP, Ruby on Rails and Python (http://www.appcelerator.org/index.html).
ATF - AJAX Toolkit Framework (ATF) from Eclipse provides and extensible framework and exemplary tools for building IDEs for the many different AJAX runtime offerings (Dojo, Zimbra, Rico, etc) in the market (http://www.eclipse.org/atf/).
Curl - a full-featured and robust technology beyond HTML and JavaScript, enabling the development of very rich Web client applications(http://www.curl.com/products/feature/).
Dojo - an Open Source DHTML toolkit written in JavaScript that allows you to easily build dynamic capabilities into web pages and any other environment that supports JavaScript sanely (http://dojotoolkit.org/about)
Echo - a platform for building web-based applications that approach the capabilities of rich clients (http://echo.nextapp.com/site/echo2).
Flex - a complete, powerful application development solution for creating and delivering rich Internet applications (RIAs) within the enterprise and across the web.(http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/).
Google Web Toolkit (GWT) - an open source Java software development framework that makes writing AJAX applications like Google Maps and Gmail easy for developers who don't speak browser quirks as a second language (http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/).
Grails - an open-source web application framework that leverages the Groovy language and complements Java Web development (http://grails.org/).
JavaFX - a family of products based on Java technology designed to enable consistent user experiences, from desktop to mobile device to set-top box to Blu-ray Disc (http://sun.com/javafx).
Nexaweb Enterprise Web 2.0 platform - a robust, scalable application deployment solution that supports the delivery of rich, secure, mission-critical business applications to users around the world via the Web (http://www.nexaweb.com/home/us/index.html@cid=2300.html).
Novulo - an award winning visual web development solution for rapidly building and easily deploying AJAX-based web applications - starting with the user interface, the real screens that customers are going to use. Novolu generates the application from the user interface, and deploys them automatically on any LAMP or WAMP server (http://novulo.com).
OpenLaszlo - leading open source platform for the development and delivery of rich Internet applications on the World Wide Web (http://www.openlaszlo.org/).
Prototype - a JavaScript Framework that aims to ease development of dynamic web applications - features a unique, easy-to-use toolkit for class-driven development and the nicest AJAX library around (http://www.prototypejs.org/).
Ruby on Rails - a full-stack framework for developing database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Control pattern. From the AJAX in the view, to the request and response in the controller, to the domain model wrapping the database, Rails gives you a pure-Ruby development environment. To go live, all you need to add is a database and a web server (http://www.rubyonrails.org/).
Seam - a powerful new application framework from JBoss for building next generation Web 2.0 applications by unifying and integrating technologies such as AJAX, Java Server Faces (JSF), Enterprise Java Beans (EJB3), Java Portlets and Business Process Management (BPM). (http://www.jboss.com/products/seam).
Silverlight - a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web (http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/).
ThinWire Ajax RIA Framework - a framework for building zero footprint AJAX browser applications that feel like desktop GUI applications. Program AJAX on the server, using an event driven GUI model that reconnects program logic (http://sourceforge.net/projects/thinwire/).
TIBCO General Interface - an open source project focused on enabling rapid creation of reliable AJAX applications, components and portlets with the look and feel of desktop graphical user interface applications (http://www.tibco.com/devnet/gi/default.jsp).
ULC - UltraLightClient from Canoo is a library to develop Rich Internet Applications (RIA) in Java. It uses Swing on the client, standard communication protocols set by the J2EE container, and standard lifecycle management on the server (http://www.canoo.com/ulc/).
WaveMaker - enables the visual assembly and rapid deployment of Web 2.0 applications that meet enterprise IT requirements (http://www.wavemaker.com/downloads/).
Yahoo! User Interface (YUI) Library - a set of utilities and controls, written in JavaScript, for building richly interactive web applications using techniques such as DOM scripting, DHTML and AJAX and also including several core CSS resources (http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/).
Zend Framework - leading open source PHP framework, focused on building more secure, reliable, and modern Web 2.0 applications & web services, and consuming widely available APIs from leading vendors like Google, Amazon, Yahoo! and Flickr (http://framework.zend.com/home). ZK - an open-source AJAX Web framework that enables rich user interface for Web applications with little programming (http://www.zkoss.org/)
Next October's Conference is already receiving higher-caliber submissions from all over the Rich Internet Applications ecosphere.
The theme of this October's AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2008 West is 'Beyond AJAX to the RIA Era' and the Call for Papers, which is now open, specifically encourages submissions from exceptional speakers with high-quality use cases of the fast-emerging RIA alternatives.
Submissions featuring such use cases as well as on dozens of other RIA topics have already begun streaming in to AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2008 West, being held in San Jose, CA, on October 20-22, 2008.
About Jeremy Geelan Jeremy Geelan is Sr. Vice-President of SYS-CON Media & Events. He is Conference Chair of the AJAXWorld Conference & Expo series, of the 3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo and founder of Web 2.0 Journal, AJAXWorld Magazine and other major SYS-CON titles. From 2000-6, as first editorial director and then group publisher of SYS-CON Media, he was responsible for the development of all new titles and i-Technology portals for the firm, and regularly represents SYS-CON at conferences and trade shows, speaking to technology audiences both in North America and overseas. He is executive producer and presenter of "Power Panels with Jeremy Geelan" on SYS-CON.TV.
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Clean AJAX wrote: Easy to
use AJAX framework that
uses messages to control
AJAX requests - provides
message queue, XSLT,
XPath, encryption (SHA1,
MD5), web service access
(SOAP, XMLRPC), JSON-RPC,
cross browser AJAX, AJAX
history and cache
control.
Oracle ADF wrote: Oracle
Application Development
Framework (ADF) is an
end-to-end J2EE framework
that simplifies
development by providing
out of the box
infrastructure services
and a visual and
declarative development
experience.
OpenXava wrote: OpenXava
is a full-stack framework
for developing
database-backed web
applications, like Ruby
on Rails, but OpenXava
produces standard J2EE /
JavaEE applications that
can be deployed and any
standard Java Application
Server (or standard Java
Portal).
OpenXava has been created
by Java developers (who
need developing Java
Enterprise applications
in a productive way) for
their own use; hence it's
powerful, extensible and
enjoyable by a Java
expert.
On the other hand
OpenXava allows to a new
Java developer to start
rapidly to be productive,
therefore is a pleasant
experience for beginners
too.
Gérard Ringenaldus wrote:
Jeremy Geelan asked for
Omissions to his list,
and I would like to add a
product called Novulo.
Novulo is the award
winning Visual Web
Development solution for
rapidly building and
easily deploying
AJAX-based web
applications.
Novulo allows you to
build web applications,
starting with the user
interface, the real
screens that customers
are going to use.
We generate the
application from the user
interface, and deploy
them automatically on any
LAMP or WAMP server.
Makumba wrote: Makumba is
a query-centric
technology designed by
BEST that helps you to
rapidly develop web
applications that keep
their data in a database
(i.e. data driven web
applications).
It is implemented in Java
and offers a JSP tag
library and a Java API to
the web app developer.
The technology has been
in use since late 2001,
and is being further
developed, based on
users' experience and
requests.
Django wrote: Django is a
high-level Python Web
framework that encourages
rapid development and
clean, pragmatic design.
Developed and used over
two years by a
fast-moving online-news
operation, Django was
designed to handle two
challenges: the intensive
deadlines of a newsroom
and the stringent
requirements of the
experienced Web
developers who wrote it.
It lets you build
high-performing, elegant
Web applications quickly.
DotNetNuke wrote:
DotNetNuke is a free,
Open Source Framework
ideal for creating
Enterprise Web
Applications. It is an
open source web
application framework
ideal for creating,
deploying and managing
interactive web, intranet
and extranet sites.
RIA Site wrote: If you
want a peek into the
future of RIAs (rich
Internet applications),
take a look at Tabblo
(tabblo.com). The model
that Tabblo has set into
motion for photographers
-- both amateur and
professional -- will soon
be adopted by enterprise
IT to empower its user
base.
GWT On Rails? wrote:
GWT-REST is an
asynchronous RESTful
client implementation for
GWT.
GWT-REST can be used
alongside GWT-RPC or as a
replacement for it. The
intent is to provide a
drop-in solution for
communicating with REST
web services that may or
may not be implemented in
Java.
A set of generic
interfaces is provided
along with
implementations for JSON
and Rails in this first
release.
RoR wrote: If you're
interested in Ruby on
Rails and how you can use
it to build sexy rich
Internet applications,
then you should join the
Ruby on Rails RIA mailing
list at Google Group.
Here's the link: http://g
roups.google.com/group/ad
obe-rubyonrails-ria-sdk
Grails vs Rails wrote:
Rails has zero enterprise
penetration, let's put
that out there right now.
Grails on the other hand
has enterprise
penetration and is only
growing.
Grails wrote: Grails is
an open-source web
application framework
that leverages the Groovy
language and complements
Java Web development. You
can use Grails as a
standalone development
environment that hides
all configuration details
or integrate your Java
business logic.
openJFX wrote: OpenJFX is
the site where
development of various
parts of JavaFX is
happening in the open.
For example, the compiler
that is being written for
JavaFX Script is being
developed at the OpenJFX
site, so that developers
interested in trying out
the early versions can
grab the latest copy for
themselves and even pitch
in with suggestions and
feedback for the
development group.
Thinlet wrote: Thinlet is
a complete GUI toolkit
for J2SE and Personal
Profile (e.g. J9 VM for
Pocket PCs). The new
version is completely
redesigned from ground
up, currently only a very
early alpha version is
available to introduce
its main features.
Helmi wrote: Helmi's Open
Source RIA Platform
permits client- and
server-side engineers to
work independently while
communicating effectively
through an
object-oriented
environment.
Today's end users demand
the rich, highly
interactive experience
that is the promise of
Web 2.0. At the core of
this experience are high
performance applications
powered by Rich Internet
Application (RIA) and
Asynchronous JavaScript
and XML (AJAX)
technologies.
Project Zero wrote:
Project Zero, an IBM
incubator project, is an
agile development and
execution environment
which leverages REST and
scripting runtimes to
speed and simplify
development and
deployment of dynamic Web
applications. Project
Zero includes a scripting
runtime for Groovy and
PHP with application
programming interfaces
optimized for producing
REST-style services,
integration mash-ups and
rich Web interfaces.
At Java One this week Sun
has been selling its year
-old-but-still-upcoming -
and definitely
late-to-the-party - Adobe
AIR- and Microsoft
Silverlight-competitive
JavaFX Rich Client
environment as a
potential
revenue-generator capable
of putting ads on mobile
applications and JavaFX
Scri
Xceed launched Xceed
Upload for Silverlight,
the commercial offering
in support of Microsoft's
promising new Silverlight
technology. The product
is available now for
purchase or as a fully
functional 45-day trial
on Xceed's website. Xceed
Upload for Silverlight
lets developers add uplo
Mike Neil is general
manager for
virtualization strategy
in the Windows Server
Division at Microsoft.
Mike is focused on the
delivery of the Windows
virtualization
technology, including
Windows Server 2008
Hyper-V, Microsoft
Hyper-V Server and
Virtual PC 2007. Mike
also directs the tec
From Application
Virtualization to Xen, a
round-up of the
virtualization themes &
topics being discussed in
NYC June 23-24, 2008 by
the world-class speaker
faculty at the 3rd
International
Virtualization Conference
& Expo being held by
SYS-CON Events in The
Roosevelt Hotel, in
midtown
Curl announced the beta
release of Curl Nitro,
the code name for an
extension of the Curl
Rich Internet Application
(RIA) platform which
offers enhanced desktop
capabilities required by
today's enterprises. The
Nitro extension
simplifies the process of
installing and managing
Curl appl
Silverlight 2.0 is a
freaking phenomenal RIA
development environment
and I would actually, at
this point, put the
development experience in
Silverlight 2.0 above and
beyond Flex. I can do
more faster and have it
look better and run more
efficiently in
Silverlight 2.0 than I
can in Flex
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From AIR to ZK, this is an alphabetical round-up of the fast moving-world of application development tools and frameworks spawned ever since the appearance of Google Maps, the canonical early RIA. The words used to describe the various solutions are in every case taken from the sites cited, so as ever we encourage developers in every case to "suck it and see" by downloading or otherwise sampling the tool in question.
At Java One this week Sun
has been selling its year
-old-but-still-upcoming -
and definitely
late-to-the-party - Adobe
AIR- and Microsoft
Silverlight-competitive
JavaFX Rich Client
environment as a
potential
revenue-generator capable
of putting ads on mobile
applications and JavaFX
Scri 
Mike Neil is general
manager for
virtualization strategy
in the Windows Server
Division at Microsoft.
Mike is focused on the
delivery of the Windows
virtualization
technology, including
Windows Server 2008
Hyper-V, Microsoft
Hyper-V Server and
Virtual PC 2007. Mike
also directs the tec
From Application
Virtualization to Xen, a
round-up of the
virtualization themes &
topics being discussed in
NYC June 23-24, 2008 by
the world-class speaker
faculty at the 3rd
International
Virtualization Conference
& Expo being held by
SYS-CON Events in The
Roosevelt Hotel, in
midtown 
Silverlight 2.0 is a
freaking phenomenal RIA
development environment
and I would actually, at
this point, put the
development experience in
Silverlight 2.0 above and
beyond Flex. I can do
more faster and have it
look better and run more
efficiently in
Silverlight 2.0 than I
can in Flex
