On 8/26/2010 0:59, Alex Rufon wrote: > I was reading up on Rich Internet Client (RIA) products last night and I > stumbled upon OpenLaszlo<http://www.openlaszlo.org/> > > The product is mature and supports DHTML and uses XML for its scripting/GUI > language. > > I wanted to mention this because the framework is structured in such a way > that data only needs to be formatted in XML format. > > For example, a normal script which has embedded data would look like this: > <canvas> > <dataset name="dset"> > <employee> > <firstName>John</firstName> > <lastName>Smith</lastName> > <phone>617-536-7855</phone> > </employee> > </dataset> > > <text datapath="dset:/employee/firstName/text()"/> > <text datapath="dset:/employee/lastName/text()"/> > <text datapath="dset:/employee/phone/text()"/> > > <simplelayout axis="x"/> > </canvas> > > Now, it can also retrieve data from a server-side script (in this example, a > JSP) to generate the XML data dynamically: > <canvas> > <dataset name="dset" > request="true" type="http" > src="getemployees.jsp"/> > > <simplelayout axis="y"/> > > <view datapath="dset:/phonebook/employee"> > <simplelayout axis="x"/> > <text datapath="firstName/text()"/> > <text datapath="lastName/text()"/> > <text datapath="phone/text()"/> > </view> > </canvas> > > This means that using OpenLaszlo and the guide here > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Web and the upcoming J7/JHS would allow us to > create rich web based applications like these (made using OpenLaszlo): > Gliffy<http://www.gliffy.com/> > Showcase<http://www.openlaszlo.org/showcase> > > r/Alex >
It will be interesting to see what is possible. Here is a quick exploration. http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Guides/Lazlo -- David Mitchell ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
