Moonlighting Linux: The Future of Rich Web Apps | Linux Today

Moonlighting Linux: The Future of Rich Web Apps

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 9, 2008

“As we know, static HTML web sites are passé. Yet, Java
applets never turned out to be the killer online application
platform they possibly could have been. The modern introduction of
Ajax has undoubtedly improved the web experience but it’s not a
panacea. Here’s how to get started using the Moonlight development
technology from the Mono Project.

“Ajax is a combination of JavaScript and XML and has been
revolutionary. It makes web applications much more responsive. It’s
brought about a more desktop-like experience to the web…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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