Web 2.0 has moved – perhaps ironically – beyond the web browser. With the advent of technologies like Rich Internet Applications (RIAs), the iPhone, Adobe AIR, and Google Gears, web applications are making their way to more mobile devices, desktops and, yes, browsers than ever before. This is largely due to Ajax, a conglomeration of web-based technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. And thanks to 4D Ajax Framework, you don’t necessarily have to know how to code in any of them to bring your 4D applications into the Web 2.0 world.
4D Ajax Framework v11 is a different kind of Ajax library: It's an integrated platform built on the belief that business application developers should focus on solving business problems, not learning new languages. 4D Ajax Framework v11 lets you focus on building the powerful web applications your customers want, without abandoning your solid foundation in 4D.
With just a few modifications to your 4D code, and the 4D Ajax Framework pumping live data, it's simple to create cross-platform web applications and deliver them to browsers, smartphones, and the latest and greatest platform-independent runtimes.
The result? More interaction, more functionality, and more presence - with minimal effort.
Of course, if you are skilled in web programming, then you can take advantage of more powerful, advanced techniques, bringing your 4D-based web apps to a whole new level of customization.
Gone are the days when a web application was a watered down version of your real application. Rich Internet Applications promise interfaces that are truly rich, and 4D Ajax Framework lives up to the promise by offering a whole array of objects that work just like the
ir desktop counterparts.
Think of these as building blocks for your web application, which you can use out-of-the-box, or customize to your own needs. You can even mix them with other popular Ajax frameworks like 
jQuery, so you can integrate 4D Ajax objects into existing web applications.
And not only are these objects completely functional, but they’re good looking, to boot. So they’ll feel right at home on your slick new tablet or smartphone or 
iPod Touch.
The internet may be practically everywhere nowadays, but that doesn’t mean you can always get on. While no one needs to be online 24/7, the reality is that business doesn’t take a break while you’re on a plane, the factory floor, or… in the middle of nowhere.
Luckily, 4D Ajax Framework offers an offline mode – compatible with HTML 5 and Google Gears – that allows you to save your latest data locally, work on it offline, and upload it back to 4D the next time you have a network connection.
The web may have democratized media, but moving to a web interface doesn't mean you have to give up power or control… in your applications. 4D Ajax Framework provides a wide range of developer methods to give 4D developers access to all the power and flexibility that Ajax, JavaScript and CSS have to offer. You choose what users see, what they don’t see, what they can do with the data, and what happens on the back end.
"Mobile platforms have come of age with the new iPhone 2.0 release. I am very excited with 4D's embracing of this platform to deliver rich mobile applications."
Mike Placko,
NowData Corporation
It's all designed to give you maximum control with as little additional coding as possible. So you can rule with an iron fist, if that’s your style.
As any developer knows, live data is only useful when it's clean data. 4D Ajax Framework’s advanced event handling ensures that data validation is immediate, and that any errors are managed in a user-friendly way. Plus, the 4D Ajax Framework is structure-friendly. It doesn't add any tables or forms to your existing database structure. It just works.
There's no faster or easier way to build 4D-based Rich Internet Applications than with 4D Ajax Framework v11. It's been designed from the start for hassle-free code-building that increases your productivity and delights your customers, whether they want to run Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, iPhone, iPod Touch, Adobe AIR… the list grows increasingly longer.
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Until recently, RIA development was limited by technology, with web applications being a mere shadow of their full-fledged counterparts. Now, with the power of Web 2.0 and Ajax, you're only limited by your own imagination. In just a few minutes you can breathe life into your online data, and create beautiful, powerful RIAs that run practically anywhere. Your data will thank you. And so will your users.
4D Ajax Framework is a part of 4D Web 2.0 Pack v11.
Overview
4D Web 2.0 Pack v11