JavaScript Journal

Seems just the other day - actually it was two weeks ago - that we divined that HP, imagining blowing Google away, would pull out the stops to get the webOS that it bought, put in a tablet that failed in the market, dropped, then open sourced - life's funny like that - in shape to publish the code in stages. And what do you know - surprise, surprise - HP Wednesday committed to a timetable for getting the thing out in steps by September under the lenient Apache 2.0 license. See, here's the schedule: Timing Milestone/Code published January Enyo 2.0 and Enyo source code Apache License, Version 2.0 February Intended project governance model QT WebKit extensions JavaScript core UI Enyo widgets March Linux standard kernel Graphics extensions EGL LevelDB USB extensions April Ares 2.0 Enyo 2.1 Node services July System manager ("Luna") System manager bus Core applicatio... (more)

Internet Explorer 9 & Firefox 8/9 Support with dynaTrace Ajax Edition 3.4

After announcing support for Internet Explorer 9 and Firefox 8 and 9 in dynaTrace AJAX Edition Premium we now also provide support for the latest versions in the dynaTrace AJAX Edition. The latest version of dynaTrace AJAX Edition 3.4 therefore gives you full JavaScript, AJAX, Network and Rendering analysis support for Mozilla Firefox 8 and 9 as well as Internet Explorer 8 and 9. You can also check out the Release Notes for a more detailed description of the enhancements. Three Steps to Get started with dynaTrace AJAX Step 1: Download dynaTrace AJAX Edition 3.4 Step 2: Take a lo... (more)

Fabric Engine Boosts Node.Js Performance 25-Fold

Fabric Engine, a software engineering company focused on bringing multi-threaded, compiled performance to web applications, has announced that its Fabric Engine server technology now supports Node.js, boosting its computational performance more than 25X. Fabric Engine has published the results of its performance benchmark online, and will be showcasing its support for Node.js at NodeJam this January. Fabric Engine is designed to tap into the power of modern, multi-core processing to bring true, multi-threaded, compiled performance to web applications. As web applications grow, t... (more)

Immersing into JavaScript Frameworks

During the last month my colleagues and I were immersing into the world of modern JavaScript frameworks. We didn’t start from scratch though. My business partners spent the first 5 years of this century porting PowerBuilder, a used-to-be-popular client server tool, to a JavaScript framework. That product was called XMLSP and you can still find its 5-year old version online. The word AJAX was not even invented back then. In 2006, a killer UI framework Adobe Flex 2 was released and we started using it. It was clearly better than any AJAX offering, and I was not shy in publishing bl... (more)

HTML5 Local Storage – Building a Sample App in Tiggr Mobile Apps Builder

HTML5′s local storage is undoubtedly one of the most interesting and most talked about features in the HTML5 technology stack. Local storage is part of Web Storage specification and is supported by all modern browsers (destkop and mobile). Although local storage (or Web Storage) sounds rather sophisticated, the functionality is very easy to use. You basically get a map as storage inside the browser (available to all browser windows). You can insert, delete or read key/value pairs. That’s it. Data stored in local storage (localStorage) will be there when you close and open the bro... (more)