http://dev.wavemaker.com/blog Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:12:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As 2008 gives way to 2009, it's hard not to pause for but a moment and reflect upon the year that was. Colossal sized changes were everywhere. WaveMaker and the developer community were no exceptions. A year ago, WaveMaker Software, the company, was still getting used to its new name.  ... http://dev.wavemaker.com/blog/2008/12/30/what-a-year/ EdC here. Wow. With so much exciting stuff happening here at WaveMaker and in the Developer Community, it can be difficult just to keep track of it all. First, a number of people have asked about the fate of the Developer Newsletter. Apparently far more people both read it and liked ... http://dev.wavemaker.com/blog/2008/12/04/is-this-thing-on/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="459" caption="WaveMaker Runtime Architecture"] [/caption]                                   The above diagram is obviously more on the "marketechture" side rather than a strict architecture diagram, but it illustrates some interesting points: -WaveMaker is built on a number of rock-solid open-source projects like Dojo, Spring, Hibernate, and Acegi. -Because of the way we are built on ... http://dev.wavemaker.com/blog/2008/11/25/extensibility/ There have been a couple of forum posts lately having to do with the payload of a typical WaveMaker application. While we are not the lightest-weight platform out there, and we have yet to optimize for mobile use, there are a few things to point out: 1. When you click "Run" ... http://dev.wavemaker.com/blog/2008/10/31/test-run-deploy-and-size-issues/ We're finding great traction in our Community with our Ajax Master Tutorial series.  Here's the next couple of installments (click on the name to find out more): Filtering and Displaying Data With WaveMaker Data selection and presentation are critical aspects of a successful data driven application. This session will ... http://dev.wavemaker.com/blog/2008/10/20/next-week-ajax-master-tutorial/ In WaveMaker 4.0, we introduced a system for building data-driven applications quickly with little to no code. We called it LiveData, which is utterly un-trademark-able, much to marketing's chagrin. It involves a few pieces that when used together make life easier: 1. LiveTables - this is the only piece of this ... http://dev.wavemaker.com/blog/2008/10/15/livedata/ Here in the last days of September, we're taking a moment to look back at this month's news & events highlights and take a sneak peek at October's. From our success with KANA to announcing company-wide growth to hosting the monthly Visual Ajax User Group meetings to our best Ajax Master ... http://dev.wavemaker.com/blog/2008/09/29/busy-days/ Join Steve Orvell (TurboAjax co-founder) for this webinar next Tuesday: Data Grid Master Tutorial with WaveMaker 23 September 2008, 11am PT Steve Orvell, Senior Architect, WaveMaker A grid is a fantastic way to view complex data at a glance. Whether it's data from a database, web service, or java service, WaveMaker ... http://dev.wavemaker.com/blog/2008/09/18/next-tuesday-data-grid-master-tutorial-webinar/ WaveMaker was selected as a Staff Pick for the Apple download site, and broke into the top 10 Apple downloads today, edging out Google Earth for the tenth slot! WaveMaker 4 features a Mac installer and the WaveMaker Ajax Studio runs best in the Safari browser (of course, to be fair, almost ... http://dev.wavemaker.com/blog/2008/08/21/wavemaker-in-top-10-apple-downloads/ Seth Godin, the marketing guru, defines a mashup as a distinct way of spreading ideas. In particular, Web 2.0 mashups allow developers to combine interesting data and then visualize that data through a web application. In practice, a mashup requires a data source and a web visualization platform. WaveMaker and Xignite ... http://dev.wavemaker.com/blog/2008/08/12/visualizing-web-services-wavemaker-and-xignite/