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Argotic Syndication Framework 2007.3 Released

Argotic Syndication Framework 2007.3 Released: I am proud to announce the latest release of the Argotic Syndication Framework. This release provides ASP.NET developers with built-in support for some of the most common syndication features web sites utilize when publishing syndicated content. The framework now provides both server and client support of the Pingback and Trackback peer-to-peer notification protocols, as well as server and client support for  the XML-RPC communication protocol. Several ASP.NET web controls have been provided to make implementing automatic discovery of Pingback, Trackback, and syndication feeds a simple and pain-free process.
New features for this release:
[snip]Really Simple Discovery (RSD) support added to syndication HTTP handler. [Cool.]

Sparkle – Trac

Sparkle – Trac: Sparkle is a module that developers can stick in their Cocoa applications (five-step install!) to get instant self-update functionality.

Your app will be able to update itself, not just check for new versions: it’ll read the update information from an appcast on your server, download, extract, install, restart, and even offer to show the users release notes before they decide if they want to update. [Noice!]

Isomorphic SmartClient: Now Open Source

Isomorphic SmartClient: Now Open Source:

Isomorphic has made a leap of faith to a new opensource business model today. They have freed up their SmartClient Ajax platform by releasing it under the LGPL license.

The piece that has been opensourced “includes the typical set of Ajax UI components that are now available from several vendors, but goes beyond the standard offering with support for very large datasets, metadata management, advanced skinning and branding, WSDL/SOA binding, and many other features

Extensions to SmartClient LGPL, including the SmartClient Java Server, the SmartClient Visual Builder tool, and several industry-specific optional modules, continue to be available for purchase.”

It is interesting to see that the market almost seems to require that you are opensource, else the barrier to playing around is too high.

[I’m not so sure that last paragraph is true…]
Source: Ajaxian

Prototype 1.6.0 and script.aculo.us 1.8.0 released

Prototype 1.6.0 and script.aculo.us 1.8.0 released:

New versions of the JavaScript libraries that ship with Rails, Prototype 1.6.0 and script.aculo.us 1.8.0, have been released. You can find out about the numerous changes on the Prototype blog and on mir.aculo.us. If you’re running Edge Rails, just svn up and run rake rails:update:javascripts to install the latest versions into your application automatically.

Also of note: Christophe Porteneuve’s Prototype & script.aculo.us book is now out of beta and available for purchase from the Pragmatic Programmers. It’s up-to-date with all of the new features in both libraries, so be sure to check it out if you’re using Prototype and script.aculo.us in your applications.

[Cool!]
Source: Riding Rails

An Introduction to JRuby

Intro…:JRuby: An Introduction is a fresh new article by Chris Duckett that presents a practical, code-driven introduction to JRuby, a Java implementation of Ruby. It’s the perfect introduction for people who, perhaps, have an idea of what JRuby is, but who haven’t yet tried out any of the Java connectivity. The first page looks at interacting with basic Java libraries / classes, with the second moving on to building a basic Swing-powered GUI app using Java APIs from Ruby code.
[Hmmm.]
Source: Ruby Inside

A Few Steps For Shoes On A Mac

A Few Steps For Shoes On A Mac:

Will Larson: Stacks are containers that build downward, and flows are containers that build rightward and then downward. Flows are like words in a book. Stacks are like entries in a log file. The main Shoes window is a flow, and a stack or flow can have any number of stacks and flows inside of it.

This blog post here does a good job of getting people around some of the foul smells in the last Shoes build for OS X. I’ve still got to wrap up the video object for Mac before releasing the next build, which I hope will fall into place before the week’s end.

And, well, I could really use some Leopard users on the Shoes list.

[Interesting stuff.]
Source: hackety org