This document provides an overview and roadmap for a course on developing Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). The course will cover marketing trends, academic concepts, and practical development. Students will use tools like Visual Studio and Expression Blend to build a simple RIA application together during lectures. The document also outlines requirements for the course, including having the necessary software tools installed.

1. STUDIEREN UND DURCHSTARTEN. Author: Dip.-Inf. (FH) Johannes Hoppe Datum: 06.10.2010

2. RIA – Rich Internet Applications Author: Dip.-Inf. (FH) Johannes Hoppe Datum: 06.10.2010

3. 01 Hello World 10.10.2010 Folie 3

4. Hello World About myself Technical addicted, freelancer (Web 2.0, PHP / .NET) Entrepreneur (promotion-footbags.com) Microsoft Student Partner (studentpartners.de) University lecturer (fh-heidelberg.de …obviously ;-) Feel free to call me “Johannes”! 10.10.2010 Folie 4

5. Hello World How about you? ? 10.10.2010 Folie 5

6. 02 Roadmap, Requirements 10.10.2010 Folie 6

7. Roadmap My roadmap 1. Marketing stuff Web 1.0 vs. web 2.0 vs. semantic web vs. web services Trends, Business models & distribution User centered design … 10.10.2010 Folie 7

8. Roadmap My roadmap 2. Academic stuff Platforms Multitier (client, server, database) Communication Patterns (synchronous, asynchronous) Message Exchange Patterns (MEP: Request-Reply, One-Way, Duplex) Message Formats (SOAP, JSON) … 10.10.2010 Folie 8

9. Roadmap My roadmap 3. Practical stuff We are going to develop a simple RIA application together in the curse Webcast style (live programming) You will have to make a course achievement (“homework” + own project) … My course over 50% of the lecture will be practical 10.10.2010 Folie 9

10. Requirements Tools Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (Pro / Ultimate) Included: SQL Server 2008 Express Edition Additional: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express 2008 Microsoft Expression Blend 4 Download: http://vpn.fh-heidelberg.de/ > Intranet > Studium > MSDN-AA SVN Client of your choice (e.g. TortoiseSVN) Firefox with Firebug Extension (or similar browser with dev tools) Warning: These tools are a non-ambiguous requirement! I will NOT care about your operating system. 10.10.2010 Folie 10

11. Requirements Before a lecture at Wednesday Check my blog: http://blog.johanneshoppe.de/ at Tuesday evening or at Wednesday morning I will give you a short forecast I will link to some external sources You should really use that offer to avoid confusions during the lecture! 10.10.2010 Folie 11

12. Requirements 10.10.2010 Folie 12

13. Requirements After a lecture I will upload the PowerPoint slices to the blog Category: “RIA lecture” Feel free to post your questions in the blog! * (* I’m really lazy in answering mails!) 10.10.2010 Folie 13

14. 03 Rich Internet Applications 10.10.2010 Folie 14

15. Rich Internet Applications RIA – one possible definition Rich: Comprehensive interaction with the user Often an appealing look and feel No or only few page-reloads (more on this later on) Internet: Runs in a web browser (or at least delivered over the internet) Uses client-server communication over the internet / intranet Application: Purpose: Helps the user to solve one or more tasks! Requires user-interaction (vs. background tasks, middleware…) No static content! (not a classic website) (Web)Application: Similar to a desktop application 10.10.2010 Folie 15

16. Rich Internet Applications Technologies Flash / Flex Silverlight Java (X)HTML with heavy JavaScript Frameworks HTML5 with JavaScript Note: some people distinguish between browser-plugin-based technologies and JavaScript-based solutions I don’t care. It all runs in a browser! 10.10.2010 Folie 16

17. Rich Internet Applications Do you know some examples? ? 10.10.2010 Folie 17

18. Rich Internet Applications Discussion: Pros / Cons ! 10.10.2010 Folie 18

19. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION 10.10.2010 Folie 19