1. Design Suggestion for Rich Client UIs stackoverflow.comBackground: I have extensive experience in web applications, but I have very little or no experience with RCP. Presently, I am working with Java Swing API. Everything is good. The only problem ... |
2. what is rich client platform coderanch.com |
3. Scott: The Desktop Rich Client coderanch.comThere have been a lot of talks, especially recently do to a blog on java.net, about why developers aren't shipping Swing clients to customers. I was wondering what you felt is keeping Swing held back and does your book address any of the current concerns about rich clients in general and how to overcome those hurdles with respect that everyone seems ... |
4. RCP - Rich Client Programming coderanch.com |
5. Would someone explain Rich Clients lucidly? coderanch.comA rich client, in broad terms, requires one to install software on the client computer. This is opposed to a "thin" client, which has a very minimal install (if any). It will usually take advantage of software that is already on clients, such as a web browser. Both methods of distribution have appropriate uses and neither will bring about the end ... |
6. Thin Client Vs Rich Client coderanch.comHi Folks, I am going to start working on an application whic involves extensive use of GUI. For past 2 years i have been working on Thin Client(Browser) for user intraction with my system. Since my new application will have extensive use of GUI and have multiple clients, I would like to know if i should still user browser of switch ... |
7. Is Filthy Rich Clients only cool or practical to the real application? coderanch.comI was watching Romain Guy's blog on JRoller for a long time, until it's moved to another site.(I can't access the new site!) It's really cool to combine Swing with Java2D/3D. My questions are: 1 When AJAX and other technologies get popular, there are more things can be done within the rich web client. Does the pure Swing client seem less ... |
8. Filthy Rich Clients: Java FX coderanch.comHey guys. I attended your Java U session this last year at Java One. Excellent material! I'm looking forward to picking up a copy of the book. My questions: What are your thoughts on the forthcoming Java FX stuff? What things in your book will be useful to a Java FX developer? Thanks, Joshua Smith |
9. Rich client are so 90 coderanch.comDefinitely. Web apps are better than they've ever been but they still have lots of problems. Performance and responsiveness in particular. Local storage (even though Google Gears helps... as long as you're not using Safari) is also a big issue. And we are dependent on our web browsers which have never been the most stable applications. Did you ever experience a ... |
10. Filthy Rich Clients: thoughts coderanch.comFirst of all congratulations on the book. I have been working on an application and have started making it 'filthy rich'. There are so many effects that can be applied, and I was wondering what you would think is the most underused/overused effect on application that you see or work with, and how it detracts or adds to the overall user ... |
11. What skills does a programmer need to create rich client now? coderanch.com |
12. Filthy Rich Client: Does it help creating enterprise application UIs? coderanch.comHi, would your book help me in creating UIs for enterprise applications? So far we use JGoodies and our own Swing based framework to get around the single threadness of Swing. Nevertheless I like to know whether your book has value for being used when developing enterprise application UIs. Regards, Darya [ September 19, 2007: Message edited by: Darya Akbari ] ... |
13. Filthy Rich Client: Where do you see richness in your Rich Clients? coderanch.comA rich client is defined as an application which does local storage and processing, by opposition with thin clients (web sites), who don't do either. But today a rich client is mostly known as a desktop application with a UI. And it is precisely why we found the term overloaded that we came up with "filthy rich clients." If today's rich ... |
14. Filthy Rich Client : cool UI items and concepts coderanch.com |
15. Popularity of rich clients coderanch.comIt's always a matter of priorities. Not taking care of the UI is always a short-term solution. In the end, the users will spend a LOT MORE combined time using the applications than the developers will spend writing it. Where's the gain here? Spend less on development and lose more on users productivity and happiness or the other way around? Our ... |
16. Filthy Rich Clients: Couple of questions coderanch.comFirst the dumb one, how applicable is the technical substance of the book to making UI's for games? I mean from one angle a game is just another application, but then a game UI would need to be light weight and very fast, si swing even suitable? Rich UI's seem to be all the rage, but I wonder, if the cycles ... |
17. Rich Client Application : best way to write code coderanch.comHi Authors, I don't have much experience in spring applicaiton as I am 3 months old user of JAva swing and I have been using Netbean IDE for my desktop application. but most of the time I am really confused with the coding style in NetBeans. (like Actionevent handling process) have you specifying any topic for the best approach to write ... |
18. Filthy Rich Clients is useful for those who customised Swing API already,right? coderanch.comThe effects in the book are not specific to particular component types, but are rather general graphical and animated effects that can be applied to any Swing component or the overall application. Check out some of the demos on the book's site (see my .sig below) or the outline of the book (also on the book's website) to get a better ... |
19. Winners: Filthy Rich Clients coderanch.comCongratulations to the winners (Dang! I was hoping I'd be a winner!) and thanks for the discussions this week. Maneesh: We may check in occasionally, but we don't get usually get a lot of time to peruse and respond on forums. Instead, you might want to tune in our our Java blogs (mine is in my .sig below, Romain's is http://www.curious-creature.org); ... |
20. Rich Client GUI coderanch.comCampbell & Gerardo, thanks to both of for your thoughts and input. I am the kind of person that loves to find something that works and then take it apart to learn the how and the why. But having said that I also like to roll up my sleeves and dig in, so you can both be assured that I will ... |