On March 11th, 2008, I gave e-conference presentation on dealing with large data in an Ajax application. The presentation can be seen by clicking here.

It can be challenging to get your Ajax application to meet your data requirements.

The presentation walks through an explanation of which is faster to use XML vs. JSON.

Included in the presentation was several sample applications that illustrate ways to page data using an Ajax application. Also available is a recording of the webinar with audio at Nexaweb.com. Read more…

Yesterday, 2.21.2008 I did a webinar on a new approach to doing Java Clients. The presentation is embedded below, and I will be included a record as well. Thanks everyone who attended.

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I have been working on the creating a plugin for the Aptana IDE that will allow developers to create XAP applications as easily as they can using jQuery. Out of the box Aptana installs support for popular Ajax libraries, but unfortunately XAP is still building a community.

That plugin is now “finished”

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First, let me thank everyone that commented and read the last blog, “How do you store a tree in a database table?” The feedback was great and helpful for everyone including myself. Probably one of the best interactions between the readers I have seen. I just hope Roustabout and Joe Celko don’t run into each other at a SQL World 2008 and if they do they by each other a beer.

I didn’t expect as much feedback or hits as the posting got, I figured every one shelved their databases for REST/JSON services by now

Approaches that came out of the last blog

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Every once and a while I will need to need to store a hierarchical structure in a database table. Recently, I needed to do this for a Facebook.com application I am building. In this particular application, I needed to categorize pieces of content in a hierarchical form, which a users can access by drilling down one level at a time. This blog details the solution I implemented on how to store the data and access it. Aren’t there are other articles on this? Yes, but their approach is typically very trivial and has issues when building out the application.

Included at the bottom of this blog entry is a zip of a sample application that demonstrates how to build product explorer using the technique described.

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Not sure if it is the Tryptophan comma I am in the day after Thanksgiving or explaining to my family that software engineers do more then make screen savers. What ever the reason, Black Friday for me means bypassing the long lines at the mall and instead writing a Blog about random ideas that have popped into my head.

Here we go:

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