Over the past few years, a paradigm shift of monumental proportions has been
quietly occurring on the World Wide Web. The traditional "brand-builder" Web
site whose sole purpose was the delivery of static marketing information to
potential customers has finally lost its appeal. Fuelled by the demands of
Web-savvy business owners and consumers, a new breed of highly functional Web
applications has emerged; these applications deliver dynamic content,
community collaboration, interactive behavior, and real-time communication.
A Web Application Framework is a robust software library used as the basis
for building advanced Web applications. A Web Application Framework typically
contains a well-defined architecture and an abstract set of reusable
components that are specifical... (more)
Share first-hand experience of what it is like to operate the most successful
open source project on the Microsoft platform, DotNetNuke—a Web
Application Framework for ASP.NET. Shaun Walker will explain the 'political'
ramifications of working with Microsoft and will seek too to explain the lack
of respect for Windows open source by developers on other platforms.
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