Laszlo Systems has developed a server technology, the Laszlo Presentation Server, designed specifically for developing and deploying "rich internet applications." I’ve been following the company since its inception and recently joined the engineering team.
Laszlo combines the power and simplicity of a declarative language with an intelligent use of standards. Many complex processes can be expressed as concise LZX tags, dramatically reducing the time it takes to build and debug a complex web application.
It's the way I've always wanted to build Flash applications:
- using a code-centric IDE
- editing simple text files
- interactive debugging
- saving revisions in Perforce (and being able to diff them!)
in a language that makes it easy to:
- use dynamic layouts that resize (constraints)
- integrate XML data sources without pages of parsing code (datapaths and replication)
- get server-side data without the hassle of asynchronous programming (data binding)
I’ll be showing some fun demos and giving an introduction to the LZX language tomorrow night at the Macromedia User Fourm (see previous post).
You can learn more about Laszlo and sign up for the developer release from the Laszlo Systems website.