Michael Mahemoff is a hands-on software consultant and the founder of AjaxPatterns.org, an Ajax design reference soon to be published as "Ajax Design Patterns" (O'Reilly) and the creator of the corresponding Ajax Demos. Java/J2EE has been the dominant programming platform in his career and many roles have involved straight-out coding with user-centered design and agile mentoring. Michael's most recent consulting work has been in London's financial sector, developing front-end trading systems on a web platform. Personal projects have used Ruby, PHP, and plain-old Bash. His blog and podcast covers a mix of Ajax, agile, programming, and the occasional usability rant. Building on psychology and software engineering degrees, he completed a PhD on design patterns for usability in 2001.
In an ideal world, there'd be no need for the patterns to be presented here. But in practice, the only way to produce truly rich applications is to push the boundaries of standard web technologies. This presentation will flesh out the Ajax edge cases - what we can and can't do, should...
Jun. 5, 2006 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 5,636
