by Allen Holub
The Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is an open-source development framework that makes it possible to write a complete AJAX application (both client and server side) without the pain of JavaScript. This class walks you through the GWT library, showing you how to install it, how to build and deploy applications, and more importantly, how to write a complex client-side UI using GWT.
JSF 2.0 provides a powerful infrastructure to build RIA applications in a rapid way. Combined with PrimeFaces Component Suite, JSF 2.0 unleashes it's true power. This talk covers various topics such as PrimeFaces core, skinning, PrimeFaces Mobile, Prime Ajax Push, a Mac OS X desktop web clone, satnav enabled applications and more.
by Allen Holub
Secure login is a particularly tricky bit of coding, particularly if you want to log in from a page that was served using HTTP rather than HTTPS.This session looks at two ways to solve the secure-login problem in AJAX applications.
The class covers both the underlying theory as well as implementation. The examples use JavaScript for client-side code and Java servlets on the server side.