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Building a "Slide Gallery" Demo in Apache Pivot

September 29, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (5)

I recently came across this article comparing the implementation of a simple "slide gallery" application in Flash and Silverlight. I was inspired to try to replicate the application's behavior in Apache Pivot. The results of my efforts are in this post:

Exploring Apache Pivot 1.1, Part 3

Greg Brown

May 11, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0)

This is the third in a series of articles that explore some of the new features in Apache Pivot 1.1. Pivot is a Java-based RIA toolkit that is currently undergoing incubation at the Apache Software Foundation. The previous article demonstrated Pivot's new support for browsing the local file system; this article explains how Pivot can be used to implement support for "push" notifications in a web application using the Jabber instant messaging API.

Exploring Apache Pivot 1.1, Part 2

Greg Brown

May 4, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0)

This is the second in a series of articles that explore some of the new features in Apache Pivot 1.1. Pivot is a Java-based RIA toolkit that is currently undergoing incubation at the Apache Software Foundation. The previous article provided an overview of the new drag and drop features in Pivot 1.1; this article introduces Pivot's support for browsing the local file system.

Exploring Apache Pivot 1.1, Part 1

Greg Brown

April 27, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0)

This is the first in a series of several articles that explore some of the new features in Apache Pivot 1.1. Pivot is a Java-based RIA toolkit that is currently undergoing incubation at the Apache Software Foundation. This article discusses Pivot's support for drag and drop.

Announcing Apache Pivot 1.1

Greg Brown

April 20, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0)

The Pivot development team is happy to announce the release of Apache Pivot version 1.1! Pivot is an open-source platform for building rich internet applications in Java. It combines the enhanced productivity and usability features of a modern RIA toolkit...

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Introducing Pivot

Greg Brown

January 12, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (8)

Pivot is an open-source platform for building rich internet applications in Java. It combines the enhanced productivity and usability features of modern RIA toolkits such as Adobe Flex and Microsoft Silverlight with the robustness of the industry-standard Java platform.

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Building Rich Internet Applications Using Pivot and JavaScript

Greg Brown

November 17, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Author's note: Pivot has moved since this article was written. The new location is http://incubator.apache.org/pivot. Pivot is a platform for building rich internet applications that run in the Java Plugin. While Pivot applications are often built using a combination of...

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Effects and Animation - Hello! Flex 4
Peter Armstrong

This excerpt is from Chapter 4 (Spark containers, view states, effects, and styling) of Hello! Flex 4, by Peter Armstrong. This excerpt is published with permission. Session 18 - Effects and Animation - Hello! Flex 4 In this workshop... Continue Reading
Photo Gallery Mate Framework, With Photo Caching
Pete Mackie

I have been developing Adobe Flex-based RIA applications for nearly three years. My prominent need has been for capable RIA photo galleries. I observed over time that most Flex-based example photo galleries resourced photos—either locally or remotely—from photo files stashed... Continue Reading
Getting Free with GraniteDS
William Drai

A few weeks ago, Justin Shacklette published a very interesting two-part article describing the new features of Adobe LCDS 3 (part 1 and part 2). The first article described the model-driven development features, and the second article focused on data... Continue Reading
Inside HTML5: The Browser becomes a first class RIA citizen
Matthew David

Over the last decade HTML has been trying to be a better RIA solution. First came CSS, then came AJAX and Web 2.0; but, it is not until now with the rapid adoption of HTML5 that the lines are... Continue Reading

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Building a "Slide Gallery" Demo in Apache Pivot

Exploring Apache Pivot 1.1, Part 3

Exploring Apache Pivot 1.1, Part 2

Exploring Apache Pivot 1.1, Part 1

Announcing Apache Pivot 1.1

Introducing Pivot

Building Rich Internet Applications Using Pivot and JavaScript

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