Rich Internet Applications
Photo Store
This simple application is an online store for photographers to sell prints. It plugs straight into PayPal™ making it very easy to set up.
Internet based applications are often limited by standard web forms and server biased code requiring the user to wait for a response from the server after each button press. Rich Internet Applications put the bias back on the client machine. This makes for applications that act more like normal desktop applications –more responsive and controllable. The user interface is much richer allowing functionality like drag’n’drop and slide controls. As well as providing a more useable user interface pushing more of the work onto the client and reducing page refreshes also brings the added benefit of reduced bandwidth and reduced server load.