Aptana really is the premier JavaScript IDE out there with a variety of support for JavaScript, Ajax, DOM, Adobe Air and now the iPhone. Yep, Aptana has just released a beta of their new iPhone Eclipse plugin which will help… Continue Reading
Props goes out to Adobe & O'Reilly for releasing the book Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) for JavaScript Developers Pocket Guide under a creative commons license. Ajaxian's got the scoop here and the download link is here. Thanks guys!
Ajaxian picked up on new travel site Vayama.com which focuses on finding the best fares and schedules for international flights. It has a very cool interface and uses a combination of Ajax and Flex to provide a pretty slick interface.… Continue Reading
I was curious if anyone had heard any news about how Adobe might be looking to have their tools integrate with the iPhone in some way. There's been a lot of buzz about iPhone and Ajax lately and I was… Continue Reading
Exciting times for the jQuery project. Digg.com is now using jQuery v1.1.2 for their DOM, Ajax & animation needs: Joe Stump: Technical Background of Diggs New Comment System Joe Stump is a software developer at Digg and one of the… Continue Reading
My bud Joe Danziger keeps telling me that I need to jump to Eclipse to get some serious productivity gains. I do actually have the latest version installed but one of the things that has been holding me back from… Continue Reading
I'm testing out the upgrade process from CFMX 6.1 to CFMX 7 on one of my servers. I've never done an upgrade before. Normally, its an uninstall of the prior version and a clean install of the latest. After getting… Continue Reading
In chatting with Adobe, one thing that came out was that their Ajax indicator (the spinning activity indicator) had not be optimized. Since this is just an animated .gif file, its an easy replacement. Just go to \CFIDE\scripts\ajax\images and replace… Continue Reading
There's been a lot of discussion recently about the page size being generated by the CF8 Ajax components and most of it has been really positive with Adobe assuring us that they're working on minimizing the YUI, Ext and Spry… Continue Reading
ColdFusion 8 is looking very hot and its gotten a tremendous amount of much deserved attention. Having done Ajax development with other tools, I'm obviously very interested in the Ajax widget tags included in CF8. Dan Vega had a nice,… Continue Reading