A huge chasm divides the application development world, one that dozens of vendors are rushing to fill. On one side are desktop applications, on the other are Web applications. In between are rich ...

Rich Internet applications (RIA) are Web-based applications that have some characteristics of graphical desktop applications. Built with powerful development tools, RIAs can run faster and be more ...

Macromedia is refreshing its Flex product line for building rich Internet applications, adding a low-cost option for getting started on the platform. Version 2 of the Flex line will be unveiled on ...

At the end of 2025, Netguru predicted the total software revenue to reach $38.21 billion. Web development underpins many of ...

Eric Simons, CEO of StackBlitz and creator of Bolt, demonstrates how to use this AI coding tool for building web applications. In a session with Greg Isenberg, Simons covers the creation of a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I track enterprise software application development & data management. Software builds applications. Some of those applications ...