Backbase Ajax Newsletter

Dear ${Demographic.FirstName},

We just released Backbase Enterprise Ajax, Client Edition 4.2.1, which contains several useful improvements, such as new and improved Widgets and performance optimizations. For more details, see the BDN article.

Download Client Edition 4.2.1 »

In the newsletter we have items about the BDN upgrade, customer cases, JSF news and performance articles, see below.

Best regards,
Jouk Pleiter
CEO, Backbase

The BDN has been improved: it is now organized by technology, with a section for the Client Framework and a section for all Java Technologies such as JSF, Struts and Spring. We’ve also improved the styling in several areas.

Check Out the New BDN »

NXP, formerly known as Philips Semiconductors, has just revamped their website using Backbase Enterprise Ajax 4. NXP has a large variety of products and applications, and the new website makes effective use of Ajax to present those in an elegant and efficient way.

Visit NXP.com »

Wednesday July 2nd we present a webinar about Lightweight Ajax. Lightweight Ajax further improves the loading speed of Ajax applications. The webinar explains the concepts and gives hands-on advice for how to implement Lightweight Ajax.

Serena is a leading provider of application development software. Backbase Enterprise Ajax is embedded in the management interface of their new Mashup product. The case study describes how Backbase enabled them to developer 2-3 times faster.

Read the Serena Case Study (PDF) »

On the BDN we've just published 4 updated examples for the JSF Edition. They include internationalization, creating custom JSF Components, using server-push with DWR, and setting up a listGrid with paging, sorting and row selection.

View the JSF Examples »

Using generic web development best practices it’s often possible to improve the performance of your Backbase application by at least 50%. This article describes the most important steps to realize these performance gains.

Read the Performance Optimization Article »

One of our developers created a performance test for HTML element construction, which challenged the common wisdom that using innerHTML is always faster than using the DOM. He tested this on IE8 and Firefox 3, and he got some interesting test results.

View the HTML Benchmark Test Results »

Join us for the upcoming Backbase Enterprise Ajax training on July 14th or the generic Ajax training on July 28th. In just 10 hours each you get a complete overview of Backbase Enterprise Ajax and fundamental Ajax techniques.

Click to Learn More About Ajax Training »

The analyst firm Gartner recently published a report that recommends using Ajax to improve E-Commerce Sites. They have 9 recommendations, including pre-caching data, using single-page checkout and real-time data validation.

Read Gartner’s Recommendations »