Visual WebGui Blog

Transposition - the success story of VB6 migration

Visual WebGui — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 11:01:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

Visual WebGui — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:39:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

Visual WebGui — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:03:00 GMT

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

Visual WebGui — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:20:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

Visual WebGui — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:52:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

Visual WebGui — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 12:35:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Visual WebGui HTML5 Framework Makes .NET developers Mobile Developers

Visual WebGui — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:56:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

Visual WebGui — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:17:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Tips for IT Security in RIAs

Visual WebGui — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:23:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Cast your vote for 2011 Community Choice Awards

Visual WebGui — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:21:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Security - Overcoming Data-Centric RIA Challenges

Visual WebGui — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:22:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

Visual WebGui — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:55:00 GMT

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...(read more)

State Management - Overcoming Data-Centric RIA Challenges

Visual WebGui — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:09:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Data-Binding - Overcoming Data-Centric RIA Challenges

Visual WebGui — Tue, 24 May 2011 13:55:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Ajax Connectivity - Overcoming Data-Centric RIA Challenges

Visual WebGui — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:22:00 GMT

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...(read more)