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

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David Mitchell
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