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OpenSocial: A Beautiful Platform for Server-less Web Development

June 26th, 2008 · No Comments · SoftwareDev

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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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 [...]

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