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Author: Jason Hardy-Smith

Java Ecosystem Insights, Free Cloud Expo Pass … and One More Thing

  Exec Insights on the State of the Java Ecosystem Tom Smith from DZone recently interviewed Isomorphic CTO, Charles Kendrick, and several other execs, to get insights into the state of the Java ecosystem. Tom’s article was published in Dzone’s Guide to Modern Java. A few of the highlights were: The open source community is driving more innovation than Oracle Java continues to...

It’s time to de-support some really old stuff

A couple of times a week I find myself installing updates to one browser or another. Admittedly, I do use FF, Safari, Opera and Chrome. That translates to hundreds of browser versions since SmartClient 8.3 | Smart GWT 3.1 was released in 2012. With our SmartClient platform, we’re always pushing the boundaries of what web applications can do in the latest browsers. We also support users...

Grid Custom Columns Provide Developer AND End User Productivity

SmartClient’s Grid Custom Columns provide end users with built-in wizards to define: 1. Formula fields that can compute values using other fields 2. Summary fields that can combine other fields with intervening / surrounding text. Empowering end users with Custom Columns frees-up developers from never ending one-off requests. It also makes end users more productive, getting them the data they...

Have you heard of Adaptive Filtering?

Adaptive filtering helps make your applications run lightening fast, not only on the desktop, but also on tablets and smartphones. How does it do this? It automatically switches to client-side filtering when the dataset becomes small enough. In doing so, it eliminates up to 90% of the most costly types of server contact (searching through large datasets), dramatically improving responsiveness and scalability. Want to...