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Web 2.0 Architectures
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Web 2.0 Architectures

by James Governor, Dion Hinchcliffe, Duane Nickull
May 2009
Beginner
271 pages
9h 38m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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The Synchronized Web Pattern

Also Known As

Names and terms you may see in conjunction with the Synchronized Web pattern include:

Office 2.0

The term is given collectively to a group of new synchronized applications that provide the same sort of functionality as people collaborating on one instance of a document. The documents (or other digital files), as well as the applications that create and show them, are often online, and all users have a consistent view of their state. The term is so popular that an Office 2.0 conference has been formed and continues to grow and prosper as of this writing.[89]

The Online Desktop pattern

Many companies (Google, Yahoo!, Facebook, Firefox, Salesforce.com, and others) are changing the software we use by shifting applications from the desktop operating system to a model of being on a server and accessed via the Web (the Online Desktop pattern). It also merges in the pattern of SaaS.

Rich Internet Applications and Rich User Experiences

Rich Internet Applications and Rich User Experiences, both of which are defined and discussed elsewhere this book, are relevant to but are not themselves manifestations of the Synchronized Web pattern. Many applications that embrace the Synchronized Web pattern also embrace the RUE pattern (discussed in the preceding section). Arguably, synchronization is in itself a facet of a good user experience.

The Observer pattern

The Observer pattern is a well-known computer science design pattern whereby one or more objects (called ...

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