Dekoh Desktop
Encyclopedia
Dekoh Desktop is a cross-platform
development framework
for deploying Java
, Flash
, and Ajax
applications. It allows RIA
applications to be used when the user is on-line or off-line, trying to integrate the best of both worlds.
, launched as a public alpha in 15, April 2007 at the Web 2.0 Expo. Dekoh framework aims the emerging market of Desktop RIA applications, competing with Adobe Systems
's Apollo and possibly with Microsoft
's Silverlight
.
Cross-platform
In computing, cross-platform, or multi-platform, is an attribute conferred to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platforms...
development framework
Software framework
In computer programming, a software framework is an abstraction in which software providing generic functionality can be selectively changed by user code, thus providing application specific software...
for deploying Java
Java (programming language)
Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities...
, Flash
Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements, games and flash animations for broadcast...
, and Ajax
Ajax (programming)
Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications...
applications. It allows RIA
Rich Internet application
A Rich Internet Application is a Web application that has many of the characteristics of desktop application software, typically delivered either by way of a site-specific browser, via a browser plug-in, independent sandboxes, extensive use of JavaScript, or virtual machines...
applications to be used when the user is on-line or off-line, trying to integrate the best of both worlds.
History
Dekoh Desktop is an open-source initiative from Pramati TechnologiesPramati Technologies
Pramati Technologies is an privately held company software services company based in Hyderabad, India. The company was founded in 1998 by Jay Raghavendra Pullur and released Pramati Server, its initial product, the following year.- Highlights :...
, launched as a public alpha in 15, April 2007 at the Web 2.0 Expo. Dekoh framework aims the emerging market of Desktop RIA applications, competing with Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems Incorporated is an American computer software company founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Jose, California, United States...
's Apollo and possibly with Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
's Silverlight
Microsoft Silverlight
Microsoft Silverlight is an application framework for writing and running rich Internet applications, with features and purposes similar to those of Adobe Flash. The run-time environment for Silverlight is available as a plug-in for web browsers running under Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X...
.