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DeveloperNet Newsletter 2006-1-5

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This weeks topic: Linux Web Applications and Web Services

Articles

Using the XMLHttpRequest Object

There's a lot of industry buzz about AJAX right now. With Google and others showing the way, everyone has jumped on board. This article describes in an easy tutorial fashion how to use one of the main components of AJAX--the XMLHttpRequest object, which makes requests to the Web server without updating a web page. See how powerful and easy it is to use this object. Read more.

Installing Apache, PHP, and MySQL on SUSE Linux

This is an in-depth article on a fairly basic topic. If you are just beginning to use SUSE Linux or are starting your journey into the LAMP stack, this is a very good starting point. Read more.

Apache Security Tips

This article contains hints and tips on security issues in setting up a Web server as published in the Apache Documentation. Some of the suggestions are general and others are specific to Apache. Read more.

News

Novell's New CTO/EVP Mulls 2006 Linux Strategy

During his first month on the job at Novell, Dr. Jeffrey ("Jeff") Jaffe has roved the globe, culling ideas from his new colleagues about Linux and open source in 2006 and the years to come. Read More.

Eclipse Touts Web, JEE Development in Tools

Bolstering development of Web and enterprise Java Enterprise Edition applications in the open source arena, the Eclipse Foundation released Version 1.0 of its Eclipse Web Tools Platform. Read More.

Forge Project Highlight

BeeWee's

Light, fast, efficient and open sourced, BeeWee's is a cross-browser widgets library that harnesses a browser's power to build and deploy rich interactive Web applications. BeeWee's features include

  • My BW's Rich--a complete set of widgets: buttons, notebook, list, tree view, panel, and more
  • Easy--seen as an html extension that provides you all in a minute
  • Light--less than 100K, the library is uploaded the first time only
  • Cross platform--compliant with browser standards and runs on PC, Linux, Macintosh, and Unix
  • Service Oriented--based on WebServices (XML/http) and provides a messaging event-driven architecture that allows to develop true light client/server applications
  • Efficient--high level, optimized widgets help you create efficient applications
  • Flexible--associated with html, javascript, and WebServices and allows you to build sophisticated applications
  • Extensible--the object-oriented javascript library provides a real class architecture that can be easily extended

Supported browsers

  • Mozilla (Mac, Windows, Linux): 1.3 +
  • Firefox (Mac, Windows, Linux): 1.0 +
  • Internet Explorer (Windows): 5.5 +

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