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Posts tagged 'django'


How Ruby can enable the Web 2.0 Platform June 26, 2007 15:17 Web 2.0's definition includes seeing the Web as an application platform. Which means it is in competition with Java and .Net, and with SOA, for both local and widely distributed applications. If the Web is going to be a platform, the skills you need to learn to program it are the core Web 2.0 technologies such as Ajax, JSON, Atom, Microformats and OpenID. And Ruby. This language, that's capturing the hearts of many Web 2.0 programmers, is ideal for easing the transition from the Java and .Net platforms to the Web platform, as I will show. Even if you're part of a big company that is generally immune to the latest trends, the marriage of Ruby and the Web-as-platform may be something to prepare for. It could even displace your SOA agenda... ... Read "How Ruby can enable the Web 2.0 Platform" django ■ ■ web2.0 ■ ■ atom ■ ■ ajax ■ ■ yaml ■ ■ rest ■ ■ event-driven ■ ■ publishsubscribe ■ ■ architecture ■ ■ declarative ■ ■ socialsoftware ■ ■ strest ■ ■ app ■ ■ microformats ■ ■ scalability ■ ■ json ■ ■ openid ■ ■ redux ■ ■ ruby ■ ■

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