Javascript Dataflow Architecture_(beta): Software Ecosystem for Web Mash Ups

Announcements

[05/21/07 23:24 PM] 0.97 beta has now been released. Please refer to the postings on the Beta Testing Google Group for the details on the changes.
[05/08/07 14:53 PM] A research paper outlining the details a visual programming tool tentatively name WIPER has been posted. Slim will be presenting at the HCII 2007 conference in Beijing. The presentation is on the 27th during the 1:30PM - 3:30PM session on HCI Patterns.
[03/20/07 01:31 AM] Hi everyone! 0.96 release is now the official release going through beta testing. 0.95 has been deprecated as of this moment. As previously announced on the Beta Testing Group, 0.96 is backward-incompatible with 0.95.
[01/17/07 00:27 AM] Just thought it would be a good idea to add some introduction to the page. Cuz you know... it might help to give visitors an idea of what in the world the project is about. ;)
[01/14/07 21:32 PM] Two technical demos are now up to show how HTML authors with no Javascript knowledge can quickly prototype Web mash up. The demo uses a text editor to assemble pre-pacakged Javascript components and makes exclusive use of publicly available Web services.

What's the point?

Remember back in the mid 90s when we could tinker with the Web by just copying and pasting a bunch of HTML? You know how with Web Services and Javascript we can do a lot more cool stuff on the Web these days? Except, it's no longer as simple as just copying and pasting HTML? Why can't we do all these cool next-gen Web stuff while maintaining the tinkerer's culture of the original Web? We believe this can be done.

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What JDA is

HTML-based black box composition specification
Javascript black box packaging specification
An employer of an asynchronous message-passing microkernel written in Javascript
An attempt to promote evolutionary design and to bring about large-scale reuse and seamless interoperability to the Web
An attempt to once again give rise to the spirit of tinkerers on the Web!

What JDA is NOT

A Javascript toolkit or a kitchen sink framework
An AJAX API
A Library of DHTML GUI Widgets

Community

User Community @ Assembla

Downloads

Release 0.98b

The 0.98b release is currently undergoing a beta test program. Sign up if you'd like to participate!

Full JDA package (includes instructions, tutorials, sample infotrons, demos and tools)
Minimal JDA package (includes the core source code files and nothing else )

Videos

Presentations

Repeat of the presentation given at OOPSLA 06 [ MOV: 175.8MB | Google Video:Lo-Fi ]
WTAS 2005 presentation - [ MOV: 18MB (For QT 6.5) | MOV: 16.7 MB (For QT 7) ]

WIPER (Visual IDE for JDA) Demos

Demonstration of a second generation research prototype that facilitates JDA-based rich Web mash up development [ MOV: 15.33 MB | Google Video:Lo-Fi ]
Demonstration of a proof-of-concept research prototype that facilitates JDA-based rich Web application development (The movie dimension is rather large, so you might need to resize it to fit your screen) [ MPG:93.76MB ]

JDA Demos

Demonstration of how an HTML author with no Javascript knowledge may create a mash up like POPURLs by only using a text editor, a set of pre-packaged Javascripts and publicly available Web services [ MOV: 21MB | Google Video:Lo-Fi ]
Demonstration of how an HTML author with no Javascript knowledge may create a local search mash up using only a text editor, a set of pre-packaged Javascripts and publicly availabel Web services [ MOV: 25.7MB | Google Video:Lo-Fi ]
Demonstration of the example presented in the WTAS 2005 paper (deprecated content) - [ MOV: 6.5MB ]

Publications

Application of Visual Programming to Web Mash Up Development [PDF: 650KB ]
JDA: A Step Towards Large-Scale Reuse on the Web [ PDF: 657KB ]
Javascript Devices Architecture: Building Extensible Rich Web Applications Using Black Box Composition [ PDF: 295KB ]

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Public Presentation Schedule

[ 07/27/2007 ] HCI Patterns presentation at HCII 2007
[ 10/26/2006 ] Onward! presentation at OOPSLA 2006: Thanks to the folks at ACM for the opportunity
[ 07/04/2005 ] Paper presentation at WTAS 2005: Thanks to the folks at IASTED for the opportunity.