http://www.theserverside.com Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Silver 5.5.30 (www.jivesoftware.com) Sat, 18 May 2013 22:18:11 -0400 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51173 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:36:39 -0500 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:36:39 -0500 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:36:39 -0500 Feb 23, 2009 john walton 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51173 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:03:02 -0400 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:03:02 -0400 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:03:02 -0400 Oct 29, 2008 Marc Englund 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51173 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:57:59 -0400 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:57:59 -0400 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:57:59 -0400 Oct 29, 2008 jole 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51173 I agree with what you say. My point wasn't about distribution - actually, I am all for Martin Fowler's "First Law of Distributed Object Design": Don't distribute. 8^)

My point is that the web browser can now be seen as the new...]]> Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:35:51 -0400 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:35:51 -0400 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:35:51 -0400 Oct 21, 2008 art src 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51173 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:40:42 -0400 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:40:42 -0400 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:40:42 -0400 Oct 21, 2008 jmarranz 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51173 ...]]> Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:24:20 -0400 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:24:20 -0400 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:24:20 -0400 Oct 21, 2008 Rogerio Liesenfeld 2 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51173 I agree with Werner, the sad true is MSIE 6.0 holds 25% of the browser market. Furthermore, the DOM engine of v7 is basically the same as v6, same quirks, same...]]> Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:06:46 -0400 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:06:46 -0400 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:06:46 -0400 Oct 21, 2008 Rogerio Liesenfeld 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51173 These days, it just doesn't make sense to have the UI logic of a business web application execute on the server.

Consider that client machines have been quite capable for years; consider all the technical advances and innovations...]]> Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:31:15 -0400 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:31:15 -0400 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:31:15 -0400 Oct 21, 2008 art src 3 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51173 holds 25% of the browser market. Furthermore, the DOM engine of v7 is basically the same as v6, same quirks, same bugs.]]> Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:22:57 -0400 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:22:57 -0400 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:22:57 -0400 Oct 20, 2008 jmarranz 1 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51173 These days, it just doesn't make sense to have the UI logic of a business web application execute on the server.

Consider that client machines have been quite capable for years; consider all the technical advances and innovations...]]> Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:17:32 -0400 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:17:32 -0400 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:17:32 -0400 Oct 20, 2008 Werner Punz 2 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51173 A server-centric approach usually implies the browser is used for the task it was conceived: to visually render web pages and receive user input....]]> Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:04:50 -0400 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:04:50 -0400 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:04:50 -0400 Oct 17, 2008 Rogerio Liesenfeld 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51173 To me, the more primitive programming model is the one that treats the client side as a dumb terminal....]]> Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:43:08 -0400 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:43:08 -0400 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:43:08 -0400 Oct 17, 2008 jmarranz 1 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51173 but an abstraction layer does not imply that one language is higher than the otherI said "higher level" not higher. I am not degrading JavaScript....]]> Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:27:18 -0400 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:27:18 -0400 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:27:18 -0400 Oct 16, 2008 Mark N 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51173 Not that Wikipedia is always right ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-level_programming_language...]]> Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:30:06 -0400 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:30:06 -0400 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:30:06 -0400 Oct 16, 2008 Russell Leggett 1 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=51173 GWT provides a way to control UI objects in pure Java. This is its major advantage, but its programming is still primitive to me since I have to update not only the server code but also the client code if the spec is changed? The problem of...]]> Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:50:55 -0400 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:50:55 -0400 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:50:55 -0400 Oct 16, 2008 Rogerio Liesenfeld 2