Brian J. Dillard joined Pathfinder Development in August 2007 as RIA Evangelist. After 12 years of focusing on the view layer of large consumer web apps, his role at Pathfinder Associates is one of research, development and ongoing commentary. He prototypes new rich UI features; contributes to open-source and client projects; and otherwise helps build Pathfinder's competency in the AJAX world. Along with Pathfinder CTO Dietrich Kappe, Dillard contributes to the 'Agile Ajax' blog (http://blogs.pathf.com/agileajax). He is also the project lead on Really Simple History, a JavaScript library for AJAX bookmark and back-button management.
Brian Dilllard's "Ajile Ajax" Blog
Reviewers overuse the phrase "required reading," but no other description
fits the new book "Ajax Security" (2007, Addison Wesley, 470p). This
exhaustive tome from Billy Hoffman and Bryan Sullivan places the specific
security concerns of the Ajax programming model in historical perspective. It
demonstrates not only new security threats that are unique to Ajax, but
established threats that have gained new traction in the Web 2.0 era. It then
details both the specific technical solutions and - more importantly - the
mindset that are necessary to combat such threats. If you call yourself a
professional web developer, you need this book.
Because so many developers have historically overlooked the importance of
security, the authors approach... (more)
Brian Dillard's "Agile AJAX" Blog
Because AJAX moves so much application logic from the server to the client,
it forces many developers to master a wider range of web technologies than
ever before. To work effectively on AJAX projects, front-end developers have
to concern themselves with database performance, business logic and other
server-side concerns. Back-end and middleware developers... (more)
Brian J. Dillard joined Pathfinder Development in August 2007 as RIA Evangelist. After 12 years of focusing on the view layer of large consumer web apps, his role at Pathfinder Associates is one of research, development and ongoing commentary. He prototypes new rich UI features; contributes to open-source and client projects; and otherwise helps build Pathfinder's competency in the AJAX world. Along with Pathfinder CTO Dietrich Kappe, Dillard contributes to the 'Agile Ajax' blog (http://blogs.pathf.com/agileajax). He is also the project lead on Really Simple History, a JavaScript library for AJAX bookmark and back-button management.
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