In today's fast-moving world, Web application developers must respond
flexibly to frequent change requests and new requirements. Development
managers need to keep development costs low while ensuring an adequate
level of technical expertise and application support capability. IT
managers are asked to support ever more demanding application features
within a budget for server and networking infrastructure.
Meanwhile, users are not fully satisfied with the current levels of
Web application capability and quality. Users accustomed to the user
interface of client-server applications tend to be frustrated with the
usability and functionality of current Web applications. In addition,
along with Web access to applications, highly creative users demand
sophisticated visualizations and application features, not to mention
attractive document presentation and standardized data entry.
Curl is the one solution that can reduce development, maintenance, and
infrastructure costs while simultaneously meeting expanded user
requirements.
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Highly
usable Web applications are too hard to build using established Web
technology platforms. Web content needs to span the spectrum from
simple formatted text, through graphics, animations, and scripting, to
enterprise-scale applications that use client-side computing. The
Curl language is the world's first "content language" spanning this
whole spectrum in one unified framework.
This white paper provides a detailed technical overview of
the architecture of the Curl content language and the features that
make it powerful for RIA development.
This paper was originally presented at the
International Lisp Conference 2005
at Stanford University in California.
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