PUBLIC MARKS from benoit with tags software & web

interesting questions about a (web) product

The problem in today’s mainstream web development is that most developers have been forced to make a quick switch from the mainframe or the desktop or the client/server environments to the web environment.

refactr informs on and evangelizes best practices of using agile methods when designing and developing what are currently being called "Web 2.0" applications and products.

Today, Web sites are a necessary element of business and the tools to create and deploy them are becoming easier to use. However, for complicated sites that require more than just the standard methods of interaction and update, Web site development is still not turnkey. Many customizations are often necessary for each application within an organization.

XULRunner provides a base for software application authors to leverage familiar Internet technologies, the Mozilla XUL user-interface language, and the same networking and rendering engine as Firefox to develop rich-client applications, such as media players, Web authoring tools and IP-based phones, which can run on any operating system.