Articles by Chris Schalk

Working with the Google AJAX Feed API

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:00:00 EST

As you may know, one of the most compelling features of the Internet has been the explosion in the use of Internet feeds. Internet feeds serve as an extremely useful way to syndicate pure data in XML, as opposed to classical HTML Web pages where the data is intermixed with the user interface. Due to its simplicity, there are now literally millions of Internet feeds available with myriad data like the weather, news, and blogs.

My Experience at AJAXWorld 2006 in Santa Clara

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:00:00 EST

'I enjoyed witnessing first hand the entrepreneurial spirit at its best at this show,' writes Chris Schalk, in this candid account of attending AJAXWorld Conference & Expo, which was held last week in the Santa Clara Convention Center, in the heart of Silicon Valley. A Java expert, Schalk has most recently been working with Oracle's AJAX support in its next generation ADF Faces rich client components.

Java Feature: Putting a Face on Web Services and SOA

Mon, 01 May 2006 15:00:00 EDT

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a hot topic among analysts, CIOs, and technology marketers, but the path from high-level architectural principles to programming a functioning, real-world service isn't always clear, especially since, in the end, you still need to create a clean user interface that's as flexible as the services it consumes.