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AjaxSwing 2.0 - Swing front end for Ajax apps

A new version of webcream, now has been renamed and launched as AjaxSwing 2.0. It’s a framework that does communication with web server purely using asynchronous JavaScript and uses partial page update to refresh web browser.

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Anvil Framework for developing GUI-based Ruby apps

Anvil, a ruby framework that uses GUI toolkit for building GUI Ruby apps. Installation instruction as follows:

Installation

$ sudo gem install anvil


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How well do you know Prototype? You should fully utilize it!

<script type=”text/javascript” src=”prototype.js”></script>

Juiry Zaytsev, someone who has used Prototype for almost a year for building dynamic web apps, has experienced many stupid questions raised on the Prototype discussion IRC channel. According to Juiry, that Prototype is only used at about 15% by most developers. Such as those include the 100KB Prototype.js in their web app, but what they use is only the Ajax.Request function, instead of the many short cuts and convenient functions provided by Prototype.

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Prototype - a fantastic JavaScript Framework, simplifies Ajax coding

Prototype - a fantastic JavaScript Framework, simplifies Ajax codingWhat is Prototype? Prototype is a JavaScript framework that simplifies AJAX coding and extends the DOM structure. Prototype comes with several short-cut coding methods and modules to allow you to shorten your AJAX coding and it’s browser-safe. Prototype is now available with the latest version, 1.6 for download.

To start using Prototype in your web apps, it’s easy, just download the prototype.js file and include it in any JavaScript tag pairs shown as follows then you can start using the simplified coding in AJAX offered by Prototype.

<script src=”prototype.js” type=”text/javascript”></script>

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