Porting from Web 1.0 to RIA in the Enterprise

With so much invested in their established Web presence, enterprises may be reluctant to change the status quo. Nevertheless, enterprises face a growing need to engage meaningfully with their customers ? to build and maintain brand recognition, to strengthen customer loyalty and satisfaction, and to drive competitive differentiation in today?s crowded markets.

Can you create more meaningful engagements with your customers and constituents with minimal disruption to your business? Yes. In this session, you will learn practical ways to port traditional Web and desktop applications to the kinds of rich Internet applications that create engaging user experiences.

James will use code examples and extensive demos to guide you through the porting process. Using a real-use case example, he will show you how to port an HTML- and Java-based CRM system to a RIA based on Adobe Flex and AIR.

Outline:

Why are we rebuilding... AGAIN? - Discuss motivators for moving to RIA

How do we begin? - Think SOA: Define your applications in terms of services - Think about the User Experience

Then what? - Build a UI prototype - Build it fast, don't worry about connecting to the back-end - Test it with users - Refactor it until it's right

• Make it work
  • Connect the RIA to the back-end

Now do this live with real code for a CRM application