“Apple introduced Gianduia last summer at WOWODC (World of WebObjects Developer Conference), an independent event scheduled near the company’s own WWDC event in June,” Dilger reports. “It is likely that more information will surface at this year’s WOWODC and WWDC events.”
Dilger reports, “Gianduia, named after an Italian hazelnut chocolate, is ‘essentially is browser-side Cocoa (including CoreData) + WebObjects, written in JavaScript by non-js-haters,’ according to a tweet by developer Jonathan ‘Wolf’ Rentzsch. “‘Jaw dropped.’ After watching the NDA demo Apple gave for the new framework at WOWODC last year, Rentzch also tweeted, ‘Blown away by Gianduia. Cappuccino, SproutCore and JavascriptMVC have serious competition. Serious.'”
“Like Cappuccino, Gianduia takes a Cocoa-inspired name (Cocoa is itself a Java-inspired name) to describe its role as a way for Cocoa developers to bring their skills to rich online applications built using web standards, with no need for a proprietary web plugin like Flash or Silverlight,” Dilger reports. “While the emerging new support for Rich Internet App features in HTML5 is often pitted competitively against Flash, Gianduia, SproutCore and related frameworks demonstrate that sophisticated web apps are already possible using existing web standards and without web plugins.”
Dilger reports, “Apple Retail has actually already been using Gianduia to create web app clients (which plug into the company’s WebObjects-based services), for a variety of popular programs over the last several months, including its One-to-One program, iPhone reservation system, and its Concierge service for Genius Bar reservations and Personal Shopping (shown below) programs.”
Much more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Robert S.” for the heads up.]
I thought Glandula was one of those Toho monsters…
That’s a god-awful name…
If it becomes really popular it could be called Glandula Fever.
Was Giada De Laurentiis attacked by the Glandular Brothers only because her Cocoa didn’t inspire enough flash?
It’s on Hulu.
Godzilla is going to be pissed!!!
This has got to be a hoax….
The bad news is that Adobe isn’t going ot allow it on their groundbreaking new device, the… uh…
Oh.
” their groundbreaking new device, the… uh…”
The Kaizen Roll 1.0.11.
I don’t care who gets that joke. It’s still pretty funny.
While the riddance of flash and the welcoming of HTML5 will undoubtedly benefit the iphone and iPad, I cant help but think that Steve is fighting for this conversion for another reason: Apple TV. If all major networks and entertainment providers convert to HTML5, as they already have started, Apple TV will be ready to welcome these treasured websites and perhaps with specialized apps, as already used in iPhone and iPad. Since there are already universal apps that work with iohone and iPad in different ways, Apple TV could immensely benefit from this type of integration and ecosystem. Free Ala carte TV, on demand, via internet would then become easily accessible and usable, giving cable companies an instant run for their money, especially if apple markets it the same way as all its main devices us far. You won’t need a DVR if all shows are available anytime for free, as they are now. Live broadcasts will then have to follow online quickly. The way we watch shows and TV five years from now may be very different.
C1 – ROFL – a great display of comedic timing done with punctuation and carriage returns
Nice new MDN app, but font size is too small.
Make it adjustable for eyes like mine thanks.
With a name like that, who can forget it?
Wait… What’s it called again? LMAO!!!
@Maconymous
What you suggest would be significant…except for one little detail. And it’s a detail I find it difficult that Apple (and so many others) have ignored or ….?
The existing physical infrastructure of the internet won’t support it. It’ll take a decade or more probably.
For most of the country at any rate. Larger urban areas the big cities, NY, Chicago, SF, etc.) should be OK now, but not the rest of the country and that includes good sized urban areas that don’t fit the “big” city definition.
And wireless “broadband” (what a joke that is) isn’t the answer, either. It’s got it’s own issues.
And then there’s the issue of the the big ISPs and cable companies falling all over themselves trying to setup limited access and/or throttling plans. Mostly as a result of the infrastructure issues, but they’re also trying to grab a slice of the content revenue pie because they think they deserve it because they are suppling the “pipes” to get that content to consumers.
Well that would explain Apple poo-pooing Flash!
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And Crissy, that’s just wrong. Adobe is buying all their peeps Droids. Or is it Roids?
It’s Italian.
Giuanduia is pronouced “jwandweea” (sort of)
I cancelled my digital cable today. I got the 9 dollar Netflix deal and I’ve been watching Weeds all evening on Instant Que.
(oh, and Iron Man was awesome BTW)
No cable TV = $58 per month savings = $49 net savings per month with the added benefit of having shows available that I want to watch.
Killed the landline finally. Shit, I even threw out my clock radio. Now I’m looking at all these DVDs taking up space in my living room…
It was great Ampar!
Oh, I’m sorry… those were “i”‘s? I thought they were “l”‘s. So, it’s not “Glandula” but “gzianwia”? well, that’s not a monster, at least not a Japanese one. I still don’t want it on my “device.”
how can Ajax or JavaScript provide comparable functionality? As a web developer, I’d like to know what Software platforms can be used to create flash like animations for mobile devices that don’t have flash.
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Looks like this flash killer will be launched soon to developers then.
It all fits together now, adobe must have caught wind of this and this explains they’re reaction to apple now.
it’s all piecing together nicely.
Awful name, similar to quite a nice choco-hazelnutty confection I’ve had in Italy.
Any relation to Cocoa does anyone suppose?
When you’re Apple, you can name anything you want. Well almost.
Cue the vitriol on iPad. Funny, haven’t heard much on that front lately.