Reporting from InfoWorld CTO Forum, Jon Udell summarizes Adam Bosworth's keynote address where he paints the big picture
on Internet application architecture.
As I have mentioned previously, I thoroughly enjoy hearing what Adam has to say. (I still maintain that the world would be a much better place if he had a weblog.) Again he does not disappoint, making several insightful observations with his uncanny clarity that are spot on. Topics covered included coarse-grained messaging, XML repositories, XQuery, message-driven model, asynchrony, and public contracts.
It was his reported comments on scripting rings most true for me presently. Insights from Bosworth, Udell and Ward Cunningham have reinforced and contributed to my thinking in how Sun should (but probably won't) simplify Java development and why Flash/SWF is on track to achieve a great deal of success in developing Internet applications.
Bosworth was instrumental in driving the effort to add native XML scripting to ECMAScript that was just officially announced this Friday. Being BEA's Vice President of Engineering, it is no surprise that BEA is the first to implement it in a product.
Certainly the combination of some of the browser interface technologies (specifically XUL and in the future XForms ) could develop into a strong candidate platform for Internet applications, but quite has to develop soon if it is to happen at all.
UPDATE: Chief Software Architect, Kevin Lynch notes Adam's keynote and comments on scripting by comparing it to Macromedia grand plan. He final concludes with a familar reconmendation – Adam, you need a weblog!
Makes me actually feel like Kevin might be out there reading my weblog.
If Adam wants a weblog, I'll personally volunteer to setup MovableType for him. He probably doesn't want me to do any design for him though. ;)
<p>Reporting from InfoWorld CTO Forum, <a href="http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2003/04/01.html#a653">Jon Udell summarizes Adam Bosworth's keynote address</a> where he <q>paints the big picture</q> on Internet application architecture. </p>
<p>As I have <a href="http://www.timaoutloud.org/archives/000105.html">mentioned previously</a>, I thoroughly enjoy hearing what Adam has to say. (I still maintain that the world would be a much better place if he had a weblog.) Again he does not disappoint, making several insightful observations with his uncanny clarity that are spot on. Topics covered included coarse-grained messaging, XML repositories, <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery/">XQuery</a>, message-driven model, asynchrony, and public contracts.</p>
<p>It was his reported comments on scripting rings most true for me presently. Insights from Bosworth, <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/02/12/02/021206opwebserv_1.html">Udell</a> and <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/13/07stratdev_1.html?web">Ward Cunningham</a> have reinforced and contributed to my thinking in how <a href="http://www.timaoutloud.org/archives/000234.html">Sun should (but probably won't) simplify Java development</a> and why <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2976">Flash/SWF is on track</a> to achieve a great deal of success in developing Internet applications.</p>
<p>Bosworth was instrumental in driving the effort to add <a href="http://dev2dev.bea.com/articles/JSchneider_XML.jsp">native XML scripting to ECMAScript</a> that was just <a href="http://www.ecma-international.org/news/ECMA%20E4X%20Final%20Final.pdf">officially announced this Friday</a>. Being BEA's Vice President of Engineering, it is no surprise that BEA is the first to implement it in a product.</p>
<p>Certainly the combination of some of the browser interface technologies (specifically <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/xpfe/xptoolkit/xulintro.html">XUL</a> and in the future <a href="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/">XForms</a> ) could develop into a strong candidate platform for Internet applications, but quite has to develop soon if it is to happen at all.</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE</strong>: Chief Software Architect, Kevin Lynch <a href="http://www.klynch.com/archives/000058.html">notes</a> Adam's keynote and comments on scripting by comparing it to Macromedia grand plan. He final concludes with <a href="http://www.timaoutloud.org/archives/000105.html">a familar reconmendation</a> – <q>Adam, you need a weblog!</q> Makes me actually feel like Kevin might be out there reading my weblog. </p>
<p>If Adam wants a weblog, I'll personally volunteer to setup MovableType for him. He probably doesn't want me to do any design for him though. ;)</p>
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