Laszlo
I know killer stuff when I see it and, Laszlo people, I believe you have a real winner there: describe your application in XML/Javascript/XPath on top of the Laszlo core, “compile” to Flash and embed the application in your webpage. Rich, embedded web applications. Well done!
See:
http://www.laszlosystems.com/ - main link to Laszlo Systems
http://www.laszlosystems.com/lps/laszlo-in-ten-minutes/ - “Laszlo in ten minutes”
http://www.mylaszlo.com/ - sample laszlo apps/source
http://www.blogbox.com/ - components for your blogs
PS: Sorry for the spelling mistake in the original post and thanks to “blogs at fencepost.net” and who came up with this name anyway?
The problem is that it’s not “Lazlo” - it’s “Laszlo,” at http://www.laszlosystems.com
may be you guys should look at Macromedia FLEX…you wont be back to Laszlo again…..
http://macromedia.com/software/flex/
cheers,
Abdul
Abdul - agree that flex seems to be the more rounded solution, but don’t underestimate the power of “free” as in “free beer”, which is what Laszlo’s solution costs.
Tobias
Thoellri, I’m excited that you’ve discovered Laszlo. I’ve been poking around with it for about a year now and I’ve been very impressed with the language, the ideas behind how to build an application, the extensibility, etc. etc. It’s just fun to build stuff with this platform. I’ve even build a simple RPG with it. If you have any questions or want to find out more cool things feel free to email me at the address above. (This goes for anyone who has questions) I dont work for Laszlo, but I am someone who’s trying to get a community of developers up and running and building cool stuff!
The thing I find really interesting regarding Laszlo vs Flex is that Laszlo is not tied to the SWF format. The LZX XML/Javascript-based language has been abstracted to describe applications regardless of the runtime, api or object model beneath. I don’t believe Flex was intended to fall that far from Flash, but it is conceivable that with this abstraction Laszlo will eventually publish to other runtimes (.NET, SVG, etc).
Personally, I’d rather have a more flexible toolset (hammer, screwdriver set, hand saw, etc.) than a more focused, expensive and often limited option (pneumatic nailgun, table saw, etc). I see Laszlo as a pretty good basic toolset moving forward, and it doesn’t require the same investment as Flex does (time, money, reliance on Macromedia).
Lastly, Macromedia’s history with server-based apps hasn’t been phenomenal. Remember Generator? What about Shockwave Multi-User Server, or then again that project/content management server built off Spectra… ColdFusion is about the only server based product they have that is successful, and it already was successful before they purchased Allaire.