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Few days ago I got into a problem, there is no embedded web server in damn Windows Vista whatever edition I have installed on my Laptop, I really needed one since couple of ActionScript applications I was making been firing Security Sandbox error, so I needed to solve it somehow. Basically half an hour later I had my own minimalist HTTP Server. Since it doesn't do anything except serving web pages and I don't need anything else, I named it TinyWEB and now giving it for free for everyone. 
As you can see from this image it has only three settings: - Content Folder, - just point it to the location where you have content stored
- Default Page, - to handle issues like when you typing http://localhost/ without specifying file name it will load default file.
- Port - TCP/IP port, where you will address your HTTP requests, if you have already some other web server, you can use some alternate number, for example 88, otherwise just leave it default equal to 80.
After all hit the Start button and it will start serving pages. If you want to hide the main window into tray icon, just click on little cross [x] button in upper corner, double click on tray icon will restore window back. And to close the application just click Close button. And to download TinyWEB use this link: http://webservices.skitsanos.com/utils/tinywebsetup.exe
If you develop you webware application with ActionScript for sure you using trace() command time to time. In my case trace() wasn't good enough, plus i want to see my SWF communications in more advanced level. I use Firebug to to debug my webware, and accessing Firebug functionality from ActionScript is simple enough:
package com.skitsanos.utils {
import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
public class FirebugConsole {
public function FirebugConsole() {
}
public function write(msg:String):void
{
ExternalInterface.call("eval","console.info('"+msg+"')");
}
}
}
MTV and Adobe are teaming up to bring you the "MTV Adobe® AIR™ Challenge." Think you can make the coolest Adobe® AIR™ application worthy of MTV's digital age? Then give it a shot!
We've lined up some great prizes for the three we like best - the "Total Request Application" Grand Prize and two finalists, "Pimp My Assets: Mashup" and "Making The Wildcard." So, get Adobe™ AIR®, grab some MTV assets, and start coding!
In traditional web applications, there is a limit to the interactivity that can be added to a single page. Once the on-page options are exhausted, the user has to refresh the page and a new page is downloaded. This often leads to delays, during which users may get tired of waiting or potential customers may change their minds about buying a product.
Tech You Digital Media announces the release of Schema Wrangler, a new extension for Flash that will save Flash Developers hours of time and effort without the fear of debugging schema related errors.
Schema Wrangler will be available from http://www.techyoumedia.com for $249USD. Schema Wrangler comes bundled with Craig's Service for AMFPHP at no extra charge.
Web 2.0 sites have caught on because they offer slick user interfaces, with cool AJAX effects and lots of user-friendly controls and really useful mashups of content. But many Web 2.0 developers are apparently clueless when it comes to search engine optimization—often to the point where they're actively harming their presence in search engines.
Software AG has unveiled Natural for Ajax, an enhanced version of the Natural programming language for creating AJAX-based, rich Internet applications (RIA). Natural for Ajax enables application development while improving the end-user experience through codeless, drag and drop development of rich, AJAX-based applications and user interfaces.
The three-year-old Dojo Foundation has put out version 1.0 of Dojo, an open source JavaScript toolkit for AJAX development meant for building rich Web 2.0 applications without proprietary plug-ins or single-vendor solutions. The widgetry makes use of Google Gears, Google's solution for making applications work both on- and offline. What Dojo calls Dojo Offline is based on it.
Just hours after it launched final versions of almost all of its Windows Live-branded services and software, Microsoft also debuted a beta of Windows Live Calendar, its iCal-compliant, next-generation online scheduler.
Want to learn more about XML and data management technologies or get information on the latest trends and gadgets? Then you should check out XML Aficionado, a blog created by Altova President and CEO, Alexander Falk. XML Aficionado covers new technologies, trends, and innovative software applications.
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WAML {Web Application Markup Language} got new JavaScript core that you can download now from http://code.google.com/p/waml/
New updates affects following modules:
- String JavaScript prototype, extended with
- trim();
- mid();
- startsWith();
- endsWith()
Latest updates and the rest you can download via SVN on http://code.google.com/p/waml/
Mozilla Labs, a research arm of Mozilla, has released software that lets users strip a Web application from its enclosing browser and then work with the app as if it were a traditional desktop program. The software, formerly known as WebRunner but now recast as Prism, is still in development, said Mark Finkle, a platform evangelist at Mozilla. "It's experimental," said Finkle, who, along with Alex Faaborg, a user interface designer, announced the name change and release last week in a blog posting. Mozilla Labs also opened up Prism as a Mozilla project, which means it's soliciting volunteers to work on the code or interface, or simply bug-hunt.
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