This article is a transcript from a recorded conversation I had with Anatole
Tartakovsky and Victor Rasputnis – my business partners at Farata Systems.
This conversation took place on the mountain after the day of skiing.
Yakov. There are many ways of creating Web applications and creating them for
the enterprises is not the same as developing a Web site for a pizzeria in
your neighborhood. During the last five years we’ve been using mainly Adobe
Flex for development of the front end of Web applications. Flex applications
work in a well known and predictable run-time environment called Flash
Player. The code is compiled and you have convenient tools for development.
Flex is undergoing “Under New Management” transformations these days.
Even though Flex remains the best framework for development of Web
applications, you can feel the pressure of HTML5. But using just HTM... (more)
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)
JDJ's Enterprise Editor, Yakov Fain (pictured) writes: If you are planning to
hit the job market, you may need to refresh some of the Java basic terms
and techniques to prepare yourself for a technical interview. Let me offer
you some of the core Java questions that you might expect during the
interviews.
For most questions I’ve provided only short answers to encourage
further research. I have included only questions for mid (*) and senior
level (**) Java developers. These sample questions could also become handy
for people who need to interview Java developers (see also ... (more)
A well known Adobe evangelist is forced to say good bye to his employer. He
was notified about being fired while vacationing in Mexico. Should he be a
pregnant woman, Adobe wouldn’t be allowed by law to fire him remotely…
Duane posted a blog about this important event in his life.
First, I wish all the best to Duane in his future career in both software
development and music. Not the end of the world.
Being a professional, Duane posted a politically correct Thank you note for
Adobe for being a great employer. But let’s re-read the reason for firing
Duane: “Adobe is doing a major re... (more)
This morning ZD Net published an article stating the Adobe will cease
development of Flash Player on Mobile in favor of packaging mobile
applications in Adobe AIR.
The Flash Player haters quickly picked up this news and to draw attention to
their blogs/tabloids started to cash on Steve Job’s name starting that he
won the battle with Adobe since Steve was the one who didn’t let Flash
Player on iOS.
As of now, I don’t know if these rumors are valid, but even if they are,
this ain’t breaking news. Let me explain why in three simple sentences.
1. Adobe AIR includes Flash Player
2. A... (more)
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