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9 June, 2008 1:53 am

280 Slides: Using Javascript to build the Keynote on the web

Posted by Richard Wong under Javascript, Tools, Web Apps | 0 Comment

280 Slides a new online slideshow creator among existing services like , Sliderocket, Empressr or Zoho. The first thing you notice with 280 Slides is that it looks pretty similar to Apple Keynote. It has an easy to use interface with a strong feel of a desktop application.

Although, it still cannot replace a desktop application with lack of advance features like charts, styling or effects. It does provide you with interesting ability to integrate with other web services like publishing to , or add media from YouTube and Flickr.

The very interesting thing about this application is that it is built by a Javascript Framework called Cappuccino which is a port of the Apple Cocoa framework. In the process, they made Javascript Objective and calling it Objective-J that they will open source soon. This means developers on the Apple platforms using Objective-C could use this to build web apps a lot easier and at the same time, introducing more people to Cocoa and Objective-C.

Sources:

280 Slides: Like Apple Keynote, But Online [via Techcrunch]

An interview with 280 North on Objective-J and Cappuccino [via Ajaxian]

2 June, 2008 12:59 am

Web App deployment made easy with Springloops

Posted by Richard Wong under Development, Tools, Web Apps | 0 Comment

With the more and more people developing web applications, the needs to have a professional workflow in the development cycle is essential. However, the work involves to build a workflow system that is easy to use are costly. Especially with small development team that need to deliver quickly and don’t have the resource to delicate someone to look after the whole deployment workflow.

Now Springloops is to target this problem and provide us with a quick and easy solution. They put deployment and source code management into one single easy to use interface. You can manage all logs, source code, users, or even integrate with Basecamp.

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