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It's kind of ironic.  This morning I was seriously considering taking a look at the Google Web Toolkit.  This is despite the fact that GWT is targeted at Java developers, which I am not.  It's just that GWT seems like such a useful idea - I wanted to play with it a bit.

Luckily Microsoft has, apparently, decided to put out a framework that allows developers to build rich internet applications without having to do a ton of JavaScript coding.

It's called Volta and at first glance it seems pretty cool.

When I was doing a lot of work with ASP.NET AJAX last year, the idea of coding in a more productive language and environment than JavaScript kept coming up again and again.  There was Script# at the time, but I didn't get a chance to look into it as much as I would have liked.

This certainly seems like a great development.  Maybe this even brings .NET developers one step closer to what Joel Spolsky described a few month ago.

Now…on to the samples, tutorials, and docs!

Volta http://www.erictobia.com/PermaLink,guid,bbf461d8-57d5-48d2-9d64-9dcf823277b4.aspx http://www.erictobia.com/2007/12/06/Volta.aspx Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:55:23 GMT <p> </p> <img src="http://www.erictobia.com/content/binary/logo-volta.gif" border="0"> <br> <br> It's kind of ironic.&nbsp; This morning I was seriously considering taking a look at the <a href="http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/">Google Web Toolkit</a>.&nbsp; This is despite the fact that GWT is targeted at Java developers, which I am not.&nbsp; It's just that GWT seems like such a useful idea - I wanted to play with it a bit.<br> <p> Luckily Microsoft has, <span style=""></span>apparently, decided to put out a framework that allows developers to build rich internet applications without having to do a ton of JavaScript coding.<br> </p> <p> It's called <a href="http://labs.live.com/volta/">Volta</a> and at first glance it seems pretty cool.<br> <br> When I was doing a lot of work with <a href="http://www.asp.net/ajax/">ASP.NET AJAX</a> last year, the idea of coding in a more productive language and environment than JavaScript kept coming up again and again.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>There was Script# at the time, but I didn't get a chance to look into it as much as I would have liked.<br> <br> This certainly seems like a great development.&nbsp; Maybe this even brings .NET developers one step closer to what <a href="http://joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/09/18.html">Joel Spolsky described a few month ago</a>. </p> <p> Now…on to the samples, tutorials, and docs! </p> <img width="0" height="0" src="http://www.erictobia.com/aggbug.ashx?id=bbf461d8-57d5-48d2-9d64-9dcf823277b4" /> http://www.erictobia.com/CommentView,guid,bbf461d8-57d5-48d2-9d64-9dcf823277b4.aspx .NET AJAX Frameworks GWT Volta