What if you could build the user interface prototype in a matter of days or weeks without a single line of server-side code or even a datamodel? What if the business owner could not only play with this prototype, but also provide context specific feedback seamlessly while exploring the prototype? Finally, what if the prototype wasn't a prototype at all, but was the actual user-interface of the final product (zero throwaway code)... even if you haven't decided which server-side technology you want to use (Java, .Net, Ruby, PHP, Python, Perl)?

In this session from AJAXWorld Conference and Expo 2008 West, Matthew Quinlan discussed how Static HTML wireframes are no longer sufficient to prototype today's RIAs built on syndicated content, widgets, DOM manipulation, AJAX calls, and often a substantial amount of custom JavaScript.

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Matthew Quinlan is vice president of community development at Appcelerator, an open source rich Internet application company. He has focused on Web technologies since 1997, when he became chief architect of ValueAmerica.com, one of the first online retailers. As a professional consultant, Quinlan provided guidance on Web development, architecture and content management to Motorola, UPS, Sprint, Vanguard, Intel and dozens of other companies.