I discovered web2py last night. This is unlike any web framework you’ve ever seen and its open source and 100% free. With web2py the batteries are included and there is zero to install additionally or configure. Its all self-contained, in fact you don’t even need a code editor to work with the scripts since one is provided and hosted in the web browser. The language used is Python and you’ll find a Python interpreter is already included as well. Simply download, extract, and then run the executable and your up and running and ready to create your first web app.
Archive for the ‘AJAX’ Category
Introducing WEB2PY: Build a Python web app in less than two minutes
Friday, September 4th, 2009Starting with JSF, JBoss RichFaces, AJAX, and Tomcat
Saturday, August 1st, 2009This article will show you how easy it is to setup the JBoss Tools (including RichFaces support) with Eclipse 3.5. I’ll deploy the finished app to Apache’s Tomcat server. I will also make use of the built-in AJAX support in RichFaces as well. Some experience with JSF (JavaServer Faces) would be helpful but not necessary but you should be familiar with the basics of using Eclipse.
Building a multiuser chat application with the Union Platform and Flex Builder 3
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009Several years ago there was a socket server for Flash called Unity. Well, recently Unity has been reborn (re-written actually) as the Union Platform. The same developers (Colin Moock and Derek Clayton) are still hard at work making connecting Flash/Flex applications via sockets as easy as possible. Keep in mind the spec for Union’s message format is open so I’d assume you could connect clients like Silverlight, thick clients, etc. to Union as well. This is going to be an excellent platform for building online games, chat applications, and much more.
Polling PHP with Dojo for the iPhone
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008This is a very simple exercise in which we will write a couple files (one HTML, one PHP) and use the iPhone to test it out. To follow along you’ll need to have the following:
1. An iPhone (3G or older model is fine) – you can also get away with regular Safari or most other browsers.
2. PHP enabled server. I installed a local copy of Apache 2.2 with the latest PHP.
3. You can have a local copy of Dojo (but its not required). I’m using version 1.1.1 although 1.2 was just released today.
4. You’ll probably want to join Apple’s developer community to get all the web development guidelines for the iPhone. Free membership is all that’s needed for iPhone web development.
Tutorial: Get cross-site JSON via HTTP with GWT and the GWT Designer by Instantiations
Saturday, September 13th, 2008This is the third tutorial that takes the GWT Team’s Getting Started Tutorial and modifies it to use Instantiations GWT Designer. If you haven’t already done the first and second tutorials in this series, now would be a good time. Also, make sure to read the “Get JSON via HTTP” section of the GWT tutorial.
Tutorial: RPC with GWT and the GWT Designer by Instantiations
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008This is the second tutorial introducing GWT and the GWT Designer by Instantiations. If you haven’t read the first tutorial, you will want to do that first. Since this is the second tutorial I’ll assume you already have GWT, Eclipse, GWT Designer, Java, etc. all setup and configured as mentioned in the first tutorial.
Tutorial: Getting started with GWT and the GWT Designer by Instantiations
Sunday, September 7th, 2008The GWT team has a very good tutorial for beginners. I’ve taken that tutorial and modified it to work with Instantiations GWT Designer. If you’ve wanted to get started with GWT painlessly then this tutorial is probably for you.
Getting ASP.NET with AJAX talking to Flash CS3 (or Flex)
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007Here is a way you can use ASP.NET with the AJAX extensions and Visual Studio 2005/2008 to communicate with Flash CS3. If you read my post on getting PHP talking to Flash CS3 then you may notice some similarities. With very little modification you can also use this to get Flex 2 or 3 talking to ASP.NET and the AJAX extensions.
