Google announced the release of a new charting API that can be easily embedded within a webpage using the <IMG> HTML tag. You send the parameter for charting specification using HTTP request, and then Google will return the chart as a PNG images. Currently, Google provides these following charts:
• Line chart
• Scatter plot
• Bar chart
• Venn diagram
• Pie chart
To illisturate how easy it is to embed a chart to a webpage, here is an example taken from Google Chart faq:
<img src="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?
chs=200x125
&chd=s:helloWorld
&cht=lc
&chxt=x,y
&chxl=0:|Mar|Apr|May|June|July|1:||50+Kb"
alt="Sample chart" />
The boundary of web applications is over and we are now pushing forward to the next killer applications era. More and more mash-ups applications are lighten up with new unpredictable features provided for free. Google is taking the upper hand to cast aside old convention of web design and use ready-on-the-shelf professional web applications.
AppJet, a new online IDE for developing client or server sided web applications. The IDE supports syntax highlighting, editing, reviewing, and publishing the code within the web browser.
More and more web-based applications are appearing in the market nowadays. One of the greatest is Buzzword, an online word processing program acquired lately by Adobe. Also, Bungee Labs, a beautiful on-demand web based application to develope web applications for free for non-commercial projects.
So there is a web gravity to mobilize computer applications and webitize it. Hmmmm, formula for web gravity = (Web Constant) X (2007) / (Windows + Mac) – (Flash + Ajax)^2 !!!
Warning: Spoiler!
Problem 1: A nerdy web developer is attempting to create an application. He is considering two platform options to work on. One of these options is making the application a web based application. He decided the Windows factor will be 1.3 and Mac to be 1.1, however, the Flash factor is 2.875 and Ajax factor is 3.2. Answer the followings:
a) What is the web gravity value?
b) Should he invest his application on the web?
Holycow… lol funny way to start a post. But that’s true! I haven’t been reading my feeds for a week or more because I have been busy doing my school works. Look at the number of feeds I still got to read!
Or should I say Chanukkah? Spelling doesn’t matter. Different parts of the world has different spellings but the word Hanukkah in Jewish means “dedication”. Today is December 12, the last day of Hanukkah Festival.
Hanukkah, aka Festival of Light, is an annual 8 days Jewish holiday to celebrate and to commemorate the rededication of the Second Temple which was burned by the Greek empire. The temple was located in the occupied Palastine territory. This festival involves 8 candles each one is lighten-up in each of the Hanukkah holiday.
I do not celebrate this festival but it is nice to know other’s culture and festivals.
UAE residents cannot tweet anymore. After banning Flickr and Orkut, the UAE government decided to block Twitter.
Disabling social networks is becoming increasingly popular in some parts of the world. Many blogs, UAE or nonUAE, are reporting that the government might block Facebook in the near future.
Papervision 3D version 2.0 is now out in Alpha (pre-beta) version. According to Ralph Hauwert the alpha version is not yet optimized so expect a lot of updates to come.
The announcement came 6 day after celebrating the first anniversary for Papervision as an open source project. Papervision has been used by many Flash developers to create 3D interactive environment in Flash using Actionscript programming language. It even goes further, as it is being used to create 3D games for consoles such as Nintendo Wii!
