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Cocoa-Like JavaScript Framework Announced

TwilightSentry writes "Ars Technica reports that a group of developers has created an Objective-C-like extension to JavaScript along with a class library mirroring Cocoa. They've used these to release an impressive demo app called 280 Slides. The article notes, 'Whereas SproutCore seeks to "embrace the platform" by giving a Cocoa-like development model for developers already using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to make a web app, Cappuccino and Objective-J take an entirely different approach. "Since Cappuccino runs entirely on the client, at run time, we're never actually generating HTML or CSS," says Boucher. "When you build an application in Cappuccino, you don't need to ever deal with HTML or CSS. All of your interface is designed in Objective-J and Cappuccino.

Firefox Gets Massive JavaScript Performance Boost

monkeymonkey writes "Mozilla has integrated tracing optimization into SpiderMonkey, the JavaScript interpreter in Firefox. This improvement has boosted JavaScript performance by a factor of 20 to 40 in certain contexts. Ars Technica interviewed Mozilla CTO Brendan Eich (the original creator of JavaScript) and Mozilla's vice president of engineering, Mike Shaver. They say that tracing optimization will 'take JavaScript performance into the next tier' and 'get people thinking about JavaScript as a more general-purpose language.' The eventual goal is to make JavaScript run as fast as C code. Ars reports: 'Mozilla is leveraging an impressive new optimization technique to bring a big performance boost to the Firefox JavaScript engine. ...They aim to improve execution speed so that it is comparable to that of native code.

Firefox Javascript Performance To Get A Shot In The Arm

If you are anything like me, then websites which make heavy use of Javascript may get slightly frustrating at times, slowing down pages that would otherwise be responsive. The good news is that Mozilla has been working on some new optimization to greatly increase the performance of Firefox's Javascript engine. The optimization tactic called 'tracing' has seen performance increases of between 20 and 40 fold in some cases, and believe the work being put down will pave the way for developers to use Javascript for writing full applications. It should also increase Firefox performance in general, as a number of components and extensions are coded in Javascript. The code should see inclusion in the next update to Firefox (3.1), and it is worth noting that Apple have also been implementing performance improvements, which are due to find their wa

Mars maps the cocoa genome

Who doesn't like chocolate? Well, there's bound to be a few of you out there, but it's safe to say that Mars, the confectionary giant, is a big fan. Not only does Mars like chocolate, they care about it too, and to that end, Dr Howard-Yana Shapiro, global director of plant science and external research for Mars, took some time of his day to talk to me about their biggest project: mapping cocoa's genome. Cocoa trading is the 6th largest commodity market on the planet, yet compared to soy, corn, wheat, and others, much less research has been conducted on cocoa biology and agriculture.

TrueCommerce Releases Innovative EDI Integration Framework for Developing Feature-Rich...

TrueCommerce Releases Innovative EDI Integration Framework for Developing Feature-Rich Accounting System Integrations PITTSBURGH--(Business Wire)-- TrueCommerce today announced the release of its new integration framework that enables the rapid development of integrations between virtually any accounting or business software and its Transaction Manager(TM) EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) translation software. The integration framework provides developers with a "tool kit" that simplifies and shortens the development cycle associated with creating feature-rich integrations. As proof of performance, while the integration framework was being developed and tested, it was itself used to develop robust integrations with Sage Accpac ERP and Everest(R) Software that were successfully deployed by several high-volume TrueCommerce customers.

Cocoa Genome To Be Sequenced: May Benefit Millions Of Farmers, Help Sustain World's Chocolate Supply

The United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Mars, Incorporated, and IBM intend to apply their scientific resources to sequence and analyze the entire cocoa genome. Sequencing the cocoa genome is a significant scientific step that may allow more directed breeding of cocoa plants and perhaps even enhance the quality of cocoa, the key ingredient in chocolate.

Performance Optimizations for High Speed JavaScript

In this article, we look at how important JavaScript optimizations are analyzed. These will be explained, including using local function variables, avoiding references to objects or object properties, avoiding adding short strings to long strings, and finally, using buffering to process data in optimal sizes. These general-purpose JavaScript optimization techniques are designed for JavaScript on all browsers. Detailed graphs of all the performance results are given after each optimization. You will be amazed at the incredible speed improvements in JavaScript!

Explore the Microsoft .NET Micro Framework

Salute another player in the Microsoft's .NET jungle: the .NET Micro Framework, formerly known as SPOT (Smart Personal Objects Technology). So, spot it on your development map. Initially announced about a couple of years ago and now already in version 2.5 (with v3.0 "kimono" on its way), it is Microsoft's recipe for embedded device firmware development. It covers the # market niche where Microsoft Windows CE and the .NET Compact Framework have unacceptable overhead, that is, there are strict constraints for power, processor capabilities, and memory—Sensor Nodes, Aux displays, Health Monitoring, Remote Controls, and Robotics. Microsoft's answer to such environment is the .NET Micro Framework, where you can develop your applications in C#.

Environmental Defense Fund and DuPont expand global accessibility of Nano Risk framework

(Nanowerk News) In an effort to expand the global accessibility of the Nano Risk Framework, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and DuPont today announced the release of new translations of the Framework in three additional languages - Mandarin, French and Spanish. (The Framework executive summary also is available in Portuguese.)

JavaScript: The Good Parts

Anita Kuno writes "JavaScript: The Good Parts is about the good parts of JavaScript and how to use them. This book takes a realistic look at the strengths and weaknesses of JavaScript and tells you how to use it to its best advantage. The code samples deal with the language and its merits — creating web pages is not discussed. How to understand the language, to execute the operations you want, is the focus of the book, not how to make rounded corners. The author, Douglas Crockford says, 'My microwave oven has tons of features, but the only ones I use are cook and the clock. And setting the clock is a struggle. We cope with the complexity of feature-driven design by finding and sticking with the good parts.'" Keep reading for the rest of Anita's review.

You'll Like Being a Sith Lord Apprentice, Guaranteed

"Star Wars: The Force Unleashed looks like it will be a good game. An amazing game even. It looks like EB Games Canada agrees, as they have a Gaming Guarantee promotion on their website right now that where they're banking you'll like the game so much, that they are willing to give you full trade-in credit within one week of purchase. As usual, this offer is only given to people who pre-order their copy."

Astronomers Claim Discovery of Earth-like Planet

Raver32 writes "A team of astronomers announced they have discovered the smallest and potentially most Earth-like extrasolar planet yet. Five times as massive as Earth, it orbits a relatively cool star at a distance that would provide earthly temperatures as well, signaling the possibility of liquid water. "The separation between the planet and its star is just right for having liquid water at its surface," says astronomer and team spokesperson Stephane Udry of the Observatory of Geneva in Versoix, Switzerland. "That's why we are a bit excited." But researchers do not yet know if the planet contains water, if it is truly rocky like Earth, which might make it hospitable to life as we know it, or whether it is blanketed by a thick atmosphere. "What we have," Udry says, "is the minimum mass of the planet and its separation" from its star.

Developers pleased with VS 2008, .Net Framework SP1

As Microsoft announces service pack releases of its Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 technology, developers say the enhancements make for faster, better development. Microsoft's new service packs feature the .NET Framework Client Profile, ADO.Net Data Services and ADO.Net Entity Framework.

IBM Teams with Mars; Targets Cocoa Genome

IBM is partnering with the US Department of Agriculture & Mars Inc., the company making all those M&Ms for you to eat, to sequence and map the cocoa genome. Scientists believe that the research could improve the quality of cocoa plants, resulting in higher yields and better resistance to bugs and disease. You may ask, “Why cocoa?”

Validating Web Forms with the Code Igniter PHP Framework

If you're a web developer, you've probably written any number of scripts designed to validate the input entered into a web form. More than likely, then, you'd like something that will make that job easier. Enter the Code Igniter PHP framework. In this fourth part of a nine-part series on this framework, you'll learn how to use it to do basic validation on a web form.

E4X: JavaScript on steroids: Process XML efficiently with JavaScript E4X

Learn to use ECMAScript (aka JavaScriptâ„¢) for XML (E4X), and discover the capabilities of the E4X enhancement, which was designed to facilitate simple and easy parsing, calculating, editing, and related activities on XML data.

Build Ajax Applications with Ext JS

Ext JS is a powerful JavaScriptâ„¢ library that simplifies Asynchronous JavaScript + XML (Ajax) development through the use of reusable objects and widgets. This article introduces Ext JS, providing an overview of the object-oriented JavaScript design concepts behind it, and shows how to use the Ext JS framework for rich Internet application UI elements.

Update: Chrono Trigger DS Confirmed

That, my dear friends, is what we in the business like to call "Hope for the Future." In what was looking like it would be a huge slump for the DS, with all the Zeldas and Star Foxes and Advance Wars done and gone, it was looking like the DS was going to end up in a Yankees-like rebuilding year with everyone involved denying this was the case. But Square-Enix has dropped a proverbial bombshell on us with what appears to be a teaser site for a DS installment. Clearly, there isn't any sort of information regarding...anything. No screens, movies, info...or even actually saying that it is, indeed, Chrono Trigger (though the clock and the "CTDS" at the end of the URL suggest it). Expect some info to come up during E3. In the meantime, check out MyGamer for more updates as they come available.

Building a Simple BlackBerry Application Interface

As I dig deep into building applications for the BlackBerry, I'd like to employ test-driven development (TDD). I've constructed a simple assertion-based framework, BBTest, designed for unit testing BlackBerry applications, but so far it is only a domain model. A testing framework isn't of much value without a way of viewing its output, so I am building an as-simple-as-possible user interface for the framework. By using BBTest, you'll have a way to test-drive your applications as well.

Elizabeth, What about Amazon using book sales as its loss leader? You know, where a ...

IN RESPONSE TO THE BOOKLOCKER / AMAZON ANTITRUST CASE: What self-publishing services like BookLocker need to come to terms with ... is that Amazon is a business and like any business ... must make a profit. Amazon has been accepting an influx of self-published books that don''t offer any profit. Amazon''s BookSurge (for the record) also participates in this influx ... the only difference being that BookSurge makes a profit for Amazon. Many self-publishing services offer an extremely minimal wholesale discount that (after the wholesale distribution source like Ingram takes its cut) leaves the reseller (like Amazon) with little to zero profit margin. Why would any retailer carry stock that they cannot make a profit on? BookLocker is among those self-publishing services that do not provide a reasonable wholesale discount on its books.

10 days ago Linux creator Linus Torvalds gave an interview in which he talked about what he likes and doesn't like in a Linux distribution gOS Space Adds Mac-Like Looks to a Free Linux Desktop, Jul 28, 2008You may have last seen gOS, the free, U

10 days ago Linux creator Linus Torvalds gave an interview in which he talked about what he likes and doesn't like in a Linux distribution

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