Ajax and comet are great techniques for getting data to and from the
server, But they do little to address the requirements of sophisticated
web application user interfaces. Cross-component interactions,
synchronization, state management and other requirements for such
applications may be solved through an event-driven approach. Dojo and
other toolkits significantly extend the browser-provided event models
(usually limited to the DOM) to include method-to-method connections,
topic/publish/subscribe models, aspect-oriented programming advice, and
other advanced event techniques. This talk will compare event models
across popular toolkits, and provide examples for several real-world
application interface development use cases. litl_phil wrote: While it's nice that Google and Acer share the vision of cloud-based computing, it's also worth noting that we at litl already have a webbook on the market (available at litl.com) that runs our own cloud-based OS.
Unlike Chrome, litlOS is focused on creating a new and better web experience for the home, so we don't have the usual browser interface, we have our own innovative UI. In conjunction with easel mode (litl's inverted-V position) and our growing cohort of litl channels (special apps t...
Dec. 4, 2009 11:38 AM EST
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