AJAXWorld News Desk

Chris Schalk, developer evangelist for Google

1.  How can I make AJAX applications that easily go offline? (i.e. can work easily and in a similar manner when not connected to the Internet.)

2.  Am I better off using an AJAX framework, a toolkit or just coding my own Ajax/JavaScript and what are the scenarios that are best for one or another?

3.  Will JavaScript 2.0 be a success, or a dud?

4.  How do make a secure AJAX application? (or what are the best practices to mitigate security problems in AJAX applications?)

5.  When will AJAX development finally be easy?


John Crupi, CTO of JackBe:

1.  How significant is Enterprise Mashups to you (your customers)?

2.  Is AJAX commoditized or will it be soon?

3.  Will AJAX be standardized in the form of widget APIs or declarative markup?

4.  Is AJAX being challenged by new innovations like Silverlight and JavaFX?

5.  What's the biggest browser limitation to AJAX?


Joshua Gertzen, lead developer of the ThinWire AJAX Framework

1.  What are some viable strategies for preforming unit/stress testing on an AJAX Application?

2.  At what point do developers need to be concerned about client-side code exposing sensitive "how-to" code?

3.  Writing complex UIs in JavaScript can lead to lots of client-side code, so how do you scale such a design to a very large application?

4.  Do we really need JavaScript 2.0? Won't it be somewhat irrelevant by the time it becomes commonplace and thus usable?

5.  Is AJAX about more than just web development? Should we be campaigning to replace all desktop apps with an AJAX equivalent?


Kevin Hakman, co-founder of TIBCO General Interface:

1.  Will AJAX standards emerge and succeed? Where’s the potential value and to who?

2.  What’s the difference between a mashup and a composite application?

3.  On what timeline will AJAX skills become commoditized like HTML skills became?

4.  What would you like to see in the next releases of IE, Safari, and Firefox.

5.  Will Webkit dominate mobile devices, (aka is Opera still relevant?)


Andre Charland, co-founder of Nitobi

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AJAXWorld 2008 East Call for Papers Is Closing Shortly! Submissions deadline: December 14, 2007 Next March's Conference is has been receiving higher-caliber suggestions and submissions than ever.  Is it easy yet to make AJAX applications that easily go offline? Are developers better off using an AJAX framework, a toolkit or just coding their own AJAX/JavaScript? Will JavaScript 2.0 be a success, or a dud? How can AJAX apps be made secure? When will AJAX development finally be easy? Submissions on these and dozens of other topics have already begun streaming in to AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2008 East, being held in New York City on March 18-20, 2008. Click here to submit your speaking proposal today !

Participants' Biographies in Brief:

Eric Miraglia, PhD, of Yahoo! is one of the world's leading experts on advanced JavaScript, and is a member of the Yahoo Presentation Platform Engineering team.

Doug Crockford, creator of the JSON data interchange format, is a developer who currently works for Yahoo!. He is known for his work in video game design, including the porting of Maniac Mansion. He maintains a website called Crockford's Wrrrld Wide Web devoted to language, technology, programming, and games. He's also the author of JSLint, the JavaScript Verifier.

Chris Schalk is developer evangelist for Google.

John Crupi is CTO of JackBe Corporation. As CTO he is entrusted with understanding market forces and business drivers to drive JackBe's technical vision and strategy.

Coach Wei is founder and CTO of Nexaweb (www.nexaweb.com), developers of the leading software platform for building and deploying Web 2.0 and AJAX applications.

Joshua Gertzen is lead developer of the ThinWire AJAX Framework.

Kevin Hakman is co-founder of TIBCO General Interface Enterprise AJAX Toolkit, and Director of Evangelism for TIBCO Software.

Andre Charland, co-founder of Nitobi., is also co-author of Enterprise AJAX (Prentice Hall).

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