TheServerSide Presents TheClientSide

Because there’s no such thing as a “server-side” developer anymore

In fact, according to a recent Java Trends survey conducted by TheServerSide.com, 85% of you are involved in the development of Rich Internet Applications in some fashion. So we decided it’s high time to set aside some time to dive deep into Ajax, JavaFX, Flash/Flex, Silverlight, JSF and more.

Sessions already confirmed for TheClientSide:

• Ajax Applications with RichFaces and JSF 2.0
• Highly Interactive Software with Java and Flex
• Rich Enterprise Applications with JavaFX

Others you might be interested in:

• GWT fu: Going Places with Google Web Toolkit
• Streamline Web Application Development with JSF 2.0
• The Future of Web Frameworks
• Vaadin - Rich Web Applications in Server-side Java without Plug-ins or JavaScript

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Ajax Applications with RichFaces and JSF 2.0

Max Katz, Author, Practical RichFaces

RichFaces is a rich JSF framework with over 100 Ajax components, skins, themes and rich component development kit. Although JSF 2.0 now offers basic Ajax functionality, a rich component library is still needed to build JSF Ajax applications. This session with RichFaces expert, Max Katz, explores the new RichFaces 4.0 (JSF 2 based) and demonstratesits new and advanced features, including customization, flexibility and the richness it adds on top of JSF 2.0.

In this session you learn:

• What RichFaces is;
• How RichFaces simplifies building Ajax applications with JSF 2.0;
• How RichFaces extends JSF 2.0;
• How to use various components in RichFaces;
• How to use the skins feature in RichFaces.

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Highly Interactive Software with Java and Flex

James Ward, Technical Evangelist for Flex, Adobe

Building highly interactive software that users love to use is usually a challenging endeavor.However, the open source Flex SDK and Java are a perfect combination of technologies for building very rich and highly interactive software - for the Web and the desktop. Flex applications can run in the browser using the ubiquitous Flash Player or on the Desktop using the new Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR). In both instances Java makes a natural complement as the back-end of the application.

The communication between the Java back-end and Flex front-end can utilize a number of different communication protocols, but the easiest and best performing is the open source BlazeDS library. This session covers the fundamentals of using Flex, Java, and BlazeDS to build rich and highly interactive software for the Web and the desktop.

In this session you learn:

• How to use Flex, Java and BlazeDS to build rich software for the Web and desktop;
• How highly interactive software can be built to utilize existing Java code with new front end technology;
• How to employ the open source BlazeDS library to provide communications between Flex and server-side Java code.

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Rich Enterprise Applications with JavaFX

Max Katz, Author, Practical RichFaces

JavaFX is a new open source scripting language that runs inside a lightweight Java engine. JavaFX Script enables developers to quickly and easily build and deploy Rich Enterprise Applications (REA) while utilizing the full power of Java. RIA expert, Max Katz demonstrates how next-generation Web applications are built with JavaFX and connected to popular server-side technologies such as Seam and Spring with the open source Flamingo framework. He shows you how to call Seam components from JavaFX, to bind from JavaFX, support for Seam conversations, and the use of dynamic finders/updaters. Finally, he showcases the newest feature of JavaFX: server-side push.

Attendees will learn:

• A rich understanding of JavaFX;
• How to build rich enterprise application with JavaFX;
• How to connect JavaFX UI to server-side technologies such as Seam, Spring and Java E;
•  JavaFX server-side push and client-push (occasionally connected Web applications).