RIA Development Service
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The evolution of internet has made websites indispensable. These websites are used for marketing of products and services and many other things. Previously websites used HTML, which was very static. Now new technologies have evolved which provide enhanced web user experience along with interactive software evolved through Rich Internet Application (RIA).
What is RIA?
Rich Internet Application, also known as Rich web application provides a whole new experience to the user, using websites or browsing the web or any other online platform. It uses a combination of applications to give a better experience. It is a web application and has characteristics of desktop application software.
The concept allows user to avail interactive features like drag and drop, background menu etc. Macromedia, in 2002, first introduced this concept to describe Macromedia Flash MX product (later known as Adobe Flash). In the 2000's, it was used to describe web application developed with competing browser plugin technologies like Java Applets and Microsoft Silverlight.
With transition to HTML5 Technologies, RIA was replaced by JavaScript web application, progressive web application.
History
Macromedia (now Adobe) introduced the term "rich internet application" in a white paper of March 2002. This concept has long existed by the names "Remote Scripting" by Microsoft, "X Internet" by Forrester Research. Many announcements started taking rounds by November 2011 regarding the decline of rich web application based on plugins to favour HTML5 alternatives.
Further, there was announcement by Adobe that Flash won't be produced for TV or mobile. Its relevancy for desktop operations was also questioned. Reseach in Motion, said that they will produce Flash for Playbook.
More about RIA
RIA can develop applications which cannot be developed by traditional web technologies. Complex process like online shopping, data analysis can be done easily with RIA. It is used effectively by customers and managers. RIA provides an engaging and interactive experience. It can be used to develop existing web applications.
Benefits of RIA
USERS
- Business process are broadened
- Creates interesting user experience
- Enhances customer satisfaction and makes user more productive
- Industry standard programming language and design patterns are used
ENHANCES CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
- New and innovative solutions are easily marketed
- Reduces process abandonment and enables intutive self service
- Helps users to respond to changes fast
DEVELOPERS
- Creates rich applications using standardized programming model
- Find together rich visual transitions, data controls and multimedia controls
- Look and feel of the application can be tailored using CSS based skinning and styling model
Rich internet application like videos, online games, mobile applications give many exciting features and are gaining popularity all over the world. The tools of RIA are applicable to provide desktop based features on the web. RIA reduces the work load by doing the you used to do using desktop application.
Security Issues With Older Versions
RIA's give indexing challenge to web search engines. Security can improve over application software but the extensions are subject to vulnerability. RIA runs client data within special isolated area called the sandbox due to security purposes. The sandbox does help in visibility and access to the operating system and file system. This causes the client to look after local activities like reformatting thereby lowering the client-server traffic.
How Can RIA Help Meet Business Objectives?
Here are few ways in which RIA can help meet long term and short term business objectives :
- RIA is made by the combination of different technologies like HTML5 and web 2.0. Once you understand which RIA Technology to be used in your business, you can easily use it.
- RIA has worked wonders in numerous online platforms like mobile applications and online portals.
- Testing can be done easily on every RIA developed application and website.
RIA Characteristics
There are a lot of features which differentiate RIA's from traditional Web Applications :
- Direct Interaction: RIA uses a wide range of controls to enhance user experience and allow greater efficiency. Traditional page based web applications, provide small group of standard controls. In RIA, users can directly interact with page elements using editing tools.
- Partial Page Updating: If you would make changes in standard HTML based web page, the change is sent back to the server, which makes changes and resends the entire page. With traditional web based apps, network issues, processing limitations and other problems make user to wait for the entire page to reload. But RIA use additional technologies, like real time streaming, high performance virtual machines, caching machines that reduce wait times and increase responsiveness.
- Better Feedback: RIA gives user fast and accurate feedback, detailed error messages and real time confirmation of actions as they have the ability to update parts of the page without releasing.
- Offline Use: When not connected to the internet, it is possible to use an RIA if the app is able to retain its state locally.
These are some of the features of RIA.
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