Visual WebGui Blog

Transposition - the success story of VB6 migration

2012-09-02T11:01:00Z

Since all of you VB developers in the present or past would probably find it hard to believe that the old VB code can be migrated and modernized into the latest .NET based HTML5 without having to rewrite the application I am feeling I need to write another post on our migration solution. Hopefully, after reading this and the previous post you will be able to understand the different approach of our solution which already helps organizations around the world move away from the constraints of VB6 and...(read more)

A Visual Studio tool eliminating the need to rewrite for web and mobile

2012-06-27T10:39:00Z

We have already covered the BYOD requirements that an application developer is faced with, in an earlier blog entry ( How to Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) to a .NET application ). In that entry we emphasized the fact that application developers will need to prepare their applications for serving multiple types of devices on multiple platforms, ranging from the smallest mobile devices up to and beyond the largest desktop devices. The experts prediction is that in the near future we will see that the...(read more)

How to Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) to a .NET application

2012-05-31T12:03:00Z

For the .NET developer, the BYOD trend means that desktop applications currently targeting one, or a few, desktop platforms, will need a dramatic change to be able to support all the device types and OS’s the user might want to use. ...(read more)

Trends in HTML5 and mobile development - webinar recording

2012-05-17T08:20:00Z

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a blog post inviting you all to our webinar we presented with Forrester Research. So thanks for everyone who attended and special thanks to Jefferey Hammond of Forrester who did an outstanding job in discussing the Open Web, Cloud computing and Mobility trends and presenting the new development challenges they bring and why organizations need to rethink their application development strategies. I wanted to bring to your attention the availability of the recorded video...(read more)

The link between Windows CE/Windows Mobile applications, ASP.NET and HTML5

2012-05-09T13:52:00Z

Windows CE/Windows Mobile applications are practically .NET applications that based on a subset of the .NET Framework (.NET Compact Framework). Windows CE applications got descent popularity with early PDAs and smartphones that were based on Microsoft’s Windows CE operating System . In the past few years it was replaced by Windows Phone without backwards compatibility or Visual Studio support beyond VS 2008. This makes applications that were written for Windows CE become obsolete today. Together...(read more)

Migration & Modernization: Windows/VB6 Apps to ASP.NET HTML5

2012-04-01T12:35:00Z

I would like to invite you to a webinar we are doing in collaboration with Jeffrey S. Hammond , Principal Analyst serving Application Development & Delivery Professionals at Forrester Research. The webinar is free and it will will introduce the substantial changes brought on by the move to Web Applications and Open Web architectures, and the challenges it places on application development shops. We’ll also introduce how we at Gizmox are helping client navigate this mobile shift and evolve existing...(read more)

Visual WebGui HTML5 Framework Makes .NET developers Mobile Developers

2012-03-13T12:56:00Z

The new mobile framework extends to the Enterprise Mobility the revolution that Visual WebGui brought to Enterprise RIA Applications with almost 1 million downloads and around 40,000 deployments. Just like Visual WebGui for Web, EnterpriseMobile also provides a classic .NET development paradigm within Visual Studio. This allows leveraging existing development skillset for building HTML5 mobile applications and extending enterprise IT to the post PC era. The new framework is optimized for enterprise...(read more)

ASP.NET developers build rich management system using the VWG extension

2011-11-17T08:17:00Z

When The Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) decided they needed a web application to allow easy access to the expenses management system they initially went to ASP.NET web forms combined with CSS. The outcome, however, was not satisfying enough as it appeared bland and lacked in richness. So in order to enrich the UI and give the web application some glitz, Visual WebGui was selected. Visual WebGui provided the needed richness and the familiar Windows look and feel also made the transition...(read more)

Tips for IT Security in RIAs

2011-08-24T06:23:00Z

Rich internet applications are growing fast in the business and enterprise application landscape as more and more software managers and corporate decision makers are electing to place rich internet applications (RIA's) into their organizations. But with the many advantages of rich internet applications over the client/server deployments, organizations also find many new aspects they need to master and overcome - one of them is understanding the new security vulnerabilities of the rich web based applications...(read more)

Cast your vote for 2011 Community Choice Awards

2011-08-11T08:21:00Z

DevProConnections and WindowsITPro are now accepting nominations for the 2011 Community Choice Awards. These awards allow you to nominate developer products and services for special recognition. I’d like you to consider nominating Visual WebGui and as a thank you, will be giving away a few licenses. All you have to is click the links below and in the “ Add-In ” category on the DevProConnections survey (category # 1) and “ Best Cloud Computing Product or Service ” category on the WindowsITPro survey...(read more)

Security - Overcoming Data-Centric RIA Challenges

2011-07-19T07:22:00Z

This is the 4th and last post discussing the challenges in developing business RIA applications. This week I am going to talk about security. According to leading IT analysts, web applications and in particular Ajax RIA’s have become the most vulnerable elements of enterprise IT infrastructure. As an increasing number of organizations come to depend on rich Internet-based applications that leverage the power of AJAX, Silverlight Flash and the emerging HTML5 technologies, businesses must find ways...(read more)

WPC 2011: Move your mission-critical/Enterprise apps to the Cloud

2011-07-12T12:55:00Z

Come and visit us tomorrow at WPC LA 2011 and learn how to move your mission-critical/Enterprise apps to the Win Azure Cloud. Tomorrow (July 13) at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) we'll be presenting our innovative migration solution Instant CloudMove . We’ll be showcasing (at the Windows Azure Building Blocks demo station) the unique tools for moving business client/server applications such as é.VISOR by Limón GmbH to Azure Cloud. The original application is a data-centric energy...(read more)

State Management - Overcoming Data-Centric RIA Challenges

2011-06-13T08:09:00Z

The 3rd chapter of the major challenges we pinpoint when coming to develop data-centric rich internet applications discusses state management. A major part of any web-app developers process, is to decide whether or not to keep the state of a particular control or function and what data to retrieve from the server. While with stateful environment developers work within a structured, well-defined and visual environment in a stateless environment developers work in a fluid environment and have to take...(read more)

Data-Binding - Overcoming Data-Centric RIA Challenges

2011-05-24T13:55:00Z

This is the second of a series of posts that discuss the major pains of rich data-centric internet applications development. This time I would like to discuss the data-binding task which becomes more and more complex as more data oriented and business applications make their way to the web. There are many JavaScript libraries and frameworks (such as jQuery) that enable developers to develop rich web user interfaces on the client side. There are also rich client-side controls that the developer can...(read more)

Ajax Connectivity - Overcoming Data-Centric RIA Challenges

2011-05-18T08:22:00Z

The transition of business applications from client-server to web based applications has brought significant improvement in terms of accessibility, deployment and maintenance but the typical data intensiveness and richness of those applications also brought many challenges in the development process. This is the first entry of a series of posts that will go over the major pains such as data-binding, state management, security and Ajax connectivity which is discussed here and how Visual WebGui eases...(read more)