"Hybrid" desktop and web applications are getting a lot of attention, and as a big part of the Rich Internet Application story, that's great news. But there is a lot more to what's happening in ...

Web 2.0 has many doubters. It’s become a word so filled with hype that it is more the province of marketing agents and spin doctors than it is the people who build the web applications that espouse it ...

Throughout recent years, anyone looking to build their own internet application has needed profound coding knowledge, specialized skills or expensive equipment. It's a frustrating issue that the ...

Undergraduate Prerequisites: MET CS 520 or MET CS 601 and programming experience, or instructor's c onsent - The Rich Internet Application (RIA) Development course concentrates primarily on building ...

Finding a single development environment for all purposes has so far proven an unattainable goal. But with the advent of rich Internet applications (RIA), development nirvana gets a bit closer. In the ...

What's the best way to build an application that could do anything from control home appliances remotely to gather meteorological data from sensors to produce a weather forecast? Startups offering ...

Rich Internet applications (RIA) are Web-based applications that have some characteristics of graphical desktop applications. Built with powerful development tools, RIAs can run faster and be more ...