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Greg Brown

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Greg Brown is a principal consultant at Cantina Consulting. He has been writing software professionally for nearly 15 years and has developed an expertise in a wide range of rich client-enabling technologies including Java, Flash, Flex, and AJAX. His previous positions include architecture roles at VMware, WebEx, and Molecular, and he is currently the architect and lead developer of Apache Pivot, a Java-based rich client platform. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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Building a "Slide Gallery" Demo in Apache Pivot

September 29 2009

I recently came across this article comparing the implementation of a simple "slide gallery" application in Flash and Silverlight. I was inspired to try to replicate the application's behavior in Apache Pivot. The results of my efforts are in this post: read more

What is new with Pivot?

July 01 2009

Discusses some aspects of the forthcoming Apache Pivot 1.3 release. read more

What is new with Pivot?

July 01 2009

Discusses some aspects of the forthcoming Apache Pivot 1.3 release. read more

Exploring Apache Pivot 1.1, Part 1

April 27 2009

The first of three articles exploring some of the new features in Pivot 1.1. read more

Exploring Apache Pivot 1.1, Part 1

April 26 2009

This is the first in a series of several articles that explore some of the new features in Apache Pivot 1.1. Pivot is a Java-based RIA toolkit that is currently undergoing incubation at the Apache Software Foundation. This article discusses Pivot's support for drag and drop. read more

Exploring Apache Pivot 1.1, Part 2

April 26 2009

This is the second in a series of articles that explore some of the new features in Apache Pivot 1.1. Pivot is a Java-based RIA toolkit that is currently undergoing incubation at the Apache Software Foundation. The previous article provided an overview of the new drag and drop features in… read more

Exploring Apache Pivot 1.1, Part 3

April 26 2009

This is the third in a series of articles that explore some of the new features in Apache Pivot 1.1. Pivot is a Java-based RIA toolkit that is currently undergoing incubation at the Apache Software Foundation. The previous article demonstrated Pivot's new support for browsing the local file system; this… read more

Announcing Pivot 1.1

April 20 2009

Announcing the release of Apache Pivot 1.1 (incubating). read more

Announcing Apache Pivot 1.1

April 20 2009

The Pivot development team is happy to announce the release of Apache Pivot version 1.1! Pivot is an open-source platform for building rich internet applications in Java. It combines the enhanced productivity and usability features of a modern RIA toolkit... read more

Introducing Pivot

December 21 2008

Pivot is an open-source platform for building rich internet applications in Java. It combines the enhanced productivity and usability features of modern RIA toolkits such as Adobe Flex and Microsoft Silverlight with the robustness of the industry-standard Java platform. read more

Building Rich Internet Applications Using Pivot and JavaScript

November 17 2008

Pivot is a platform for building rich internet applications that run in the Java Plugin. While Pivot applications are often built using a combination of XML and Java, it is sometimes more convenient to build simple applications or applications whose... read more

Building Rich Internet Applications Using Pivot and JavaScript

November 16 2008

Introduces Pivot's new support for scripting languages. read more

Pivot Faces the "One Million Records" Challenge

October 29 2008

Accepting Richard Monson-Haefel's "One Million Records" challenge on behalf of the Pivot platform. read more

Pivot 1.0.1 Released

October 23 2008

First maintenance update to Pivot 1.0 released. read more

Pivot "starter kit" available

October 20 2008

New starter kit to help developers quickly get up and running with Pivot. read more

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