It’s belatedly dawned on me how OpenSocial makes a great server-less Ajax platform. When you create an OpenSocial gadget, you’re building a lil Ajax app that performs much coolness that would normally require a server, but doesn’t. Effectively, you’re delegating the duties of the gadget’s host environment. All you have to do is write a [...]
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OpenSocial: A Beautiful Platform for Server-less Web Development
June 26th, 2008 · No Comments · SoftwareDev
Tags: Ajax·Ajax Patterns·Cloud·Gadgets·OpenSocial·Programming·Web·Web 2.0
Hoorah for Aptana Cloud
April 28th, 2008 · No Comments · SoftwareDev
Aptana Cloud has now been announced. This is exciting news and a step closer to server-side Javascript world domination. You don’t have to use Javascript, as the platform offers several engines, but from my perspective, the most exciting thing is the inclusion of Jaxer. So it should be easy to deploy server-side Javascript to a [...]
