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Picking the Right Technology for Enterprise RIA
We are entering an era of Rich Internet Applications (RIA), and many enterprise development managers are facing the dilemma - which way to go - remain with tried and true Java or .NET or experiment with relative newcomers such as AJAX, Flex, Silverlight or JavaFX. While the Internet brings a lot of noise, where "it's cool" is the most popular definition. In this talk recorded at Saltmarch Media's Great Indian Developer Summit Yakov Fain presents an overview of what's out there on the enterprise RIA market. He talks about the pros and cons of using various techniques and technologies for the development of the front end for complex distributed systems.
Yakov Fain is a managing principal of Farata Systems, a consulting company specializing in rich Internet applications for financial applications. He has authored several books on Java and Flex and dozens of articles on software development. Oracle's Sun Microsystems nominated and awarded Yakov with the title of Java Champion, which was presented to only a hundred people in the world. He leads leads the Princeton Java Users Group.
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