RIA Development
What is RIA?
Last years the development of Internet was really astonishing. Some technologies radically changed its face. Introduction of Web applications was one of these major innovations. Users received the access to various solutions via a web browser over a network.
But their requirements to them evolve very fast too. Nowadays many users are already dissatisfied with the capabilities and performance of HTML-based Web applications. They want desktop app functionality with the ease of installation and accessibility that full-fledged Internet applications provide.
So these qualities are present in Rich Internet Applications (or RIAs) that have most of the characteristics of desktop applications which are typically delivered via standards based web browser plug-ins. Normally RIAs run inside a Web browser and do not require installation on the client computer to work.
This allows the client system to handle required local operations thereby lowering the amount and frequency of client-server traffic.
Other fundamental difference between RIAs and other Internet apps is the volume of interaction in the interface. In a traditional page-based Internet application interaction is limited to a small amount of standard controls (e.g., checkboxes, radio buttons, form fields, and buttons). This limits considerably developer’s ability to create usable and engaging applications. That is why the major part of Internet apps have been to this very day more awkward and more difficult to use than their desktop analogues.
In this prospective, a RIA can use a wider range of tools and methods to improve the communication between user and the software interface, allowing efficient interactions, better error management, feedback and overall user experience.
In that way RIA technology’s main aim is to combine the advantages of desktop apps with those of web applications.
iTec Group expertise
Rich Internet Applications creation requires an additional effort and strong competence because they constitute rather complex advanced solutions for programmers. This very probably makes them more difficult to design, develop, deploy and debug than traditional web applications. But this effort is covered by their greater effectiveness and usability.
We are using the following technologies in the field of Rich Internet Apps development:
iTec Group provides the following range of services in the field of RIA development:
