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Building a "Slide Gallery" Demo in Apache Pivot

Greg Brown
September 29, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (3)

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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Using Flash Remoting for Authentication to your AFCS/Facebook AIR Application
Russ Ferguson

If you have had an opportunity to look at the Adobe Flash Collaboration Service (AFCS) you could see that there is a huge opportunity to do interesting multi-user applications without needing to write all of the server side code. However... Continue Reading
Decorator Design Pattern
Sean Moore

Overview Purpose of this article The goal of this article is to help you gain a better understanding of the Decorator design pattern. The Decorator pattern is used to attach additional responsibilities to an object at run time dynamically. Decorators... Continue Reading
Flash to iPhone
Veronique Brossier

The proliferation of cellular phones has revolutionized the way we communicate with one another and is the foundation for a more mobile lifestyle. Adobe, a long time player in rich internet applications, wanted to, once again, be an active participant.... Continue Reading
AIR 2 Enhancements Complete Overview
Elad Elrom

Adobe just released public information about AIR 2.0 and added new capabilities that better tie with the operation systems which gives your application more control while increasing performance. The new version will be deployed on Flash player 10 using Flex... Continue Reading

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Building a "Slide Gallery" Demo in Apache Pivot

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Exploring Apache Pivot 1.1, Part 1

Announcing Apache Pivot 1.1

Introducing Pivot

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