Latest News from Scott Barnes

"RIA" vs "Rich Client Platform": The Term Is Now Up for Debate

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:50:00 EDT

'RIA' is slowly fading in terms of its definition. When I first started the RIA Evangelism role in Microsoft, I had this nagging feeling that the term RIA was just all over the place. Depending on which technology you are backing and which stream of alliance you uphold, the truth is the term was destined to be abused before it really took off.

AJAX RIA News - Silverlight Hits Its First Birthday

Fri, 30 May 2008 08:45:00 EDT

It was in April 2007 we launched Silverlight 1.0, and it's now May 2008 and we're already looking forward to a v2 release (exciting amount of great features). It personally feels like the 1.0 launch was 2-3 years ago, but it's kind of surreal to think that Silverlight has really only just hit its first birthday! (not only did the baby mature fast, but it's gained many fans a long the way!)

Design Patterns: Using DAO, DG and VO in ColdFusion

Tue, 07 Feb 2006 15:45:00 EST

In modern-day ColdFusion development, we tend to rely heavily on various Design Patterns to automate or 'template' our daily coding chores. The patterns most frequently touched on are the Data Access Objects (DAO), DataGateway (DG) and VO (Value Object) or Bean (VO with setter/getter routines).

It's Time to Flex My Zorn: Flex 2.0 & Flex Builder 2

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:30:00 EST

In the early days of Flex beta (Royale), we were shown a fantastic new product that would allow folks to write rich User Interface (UI) designs via an XML style solution, named MXML.