Finding a single development environment for all purposes has so far proven an unattainable goal. But with the advent of rich Internet applications (RIA), development nirvana gets a bit closer. In the ...

But with the advent of rich Internet applications (RIA), development nirvana gets a bit closer. RIAs are enhanced Web applications that have additional functionality on the client, which makes them ...

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For .NET coders targeting Windows, the choices boil down to more traditional XAML-based solutions or newer options based on web tech. As we reported last month, the .NET desktop development ecosystem ...

Microsoft's sunsetting of the proprietary Windows-centric .NET Framework continues as the company has open sourced some of its most popular desktop components: Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), ...

I've been thinking about what roles the web and the desktop play in the realm of Rich Internet Applications. I see a couple of big reasons RIAs have become much more popular in the past few months.

ROSEVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Unify, (NASDAQ:UNFY) a global provider of information management solutions, is making it faster and easier for developers to deliver business applications for the ...