“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.]
Why didn’t they just call it Frothy Latte or something more easily consumed.
Someone go make the first Wikipedia entry for Gianduia.
That’s my favorite flavor! I often have nutella on english muffins in the morning with my kids. I like chestnut flavor too (plus all the delicious fruit flavors).
Okay, who am I kidding. All gelato rocks!
Holy cow! That name is bad enough to be an open-source gnu-Linux varient!
@C1
Now you can grab your G3 plan for your iPad with those savings…
@maconymous
I’m not sure glandula has much impact on ATV, but I totally agree with you that Apple should plan on allowing streaming of on-demand TV to Apple TV. That seems like the proper model. No TV tuners or DVR needed. I hope we see new hardware soon, complete with A4 chip and iPhone OS. Essentially, we will use our iPod/Phone/Pad to control what appears on the big screen in HD. Plus multiplayer gaming, of course. And stream via any app and source that streams to iPad.
‘its new a client-side, standards based framework for Rich Internet Apps, ‘
its new a????
Pronounced in English phonetically as
john-DOO-ya
listen to native Italian speaker at <http://www.forvo.com/word/gianduia>
As in John, do ya think this will kill Flash?
John, do ya think Adobe is pissed?
John, do ya work at Starbucks?
Catchy!
– Anastasio Campaniello
John, I’m only dancing….?
@Ampar-
Once again, well-punned. I used to know what “kaisen” meant but had to look it up. At first, I thought you were referring to the hilarious Japanese art of over-improing something until it is no longer functional, which I also had to look up – but couldn’t find. Anyone out there know the name of that? One example I recall was of a tea-cup which had handles on multiple sides so it could be picked up with either hand – but so many had been added that one could no longer actually pick it up by any one handle.
@C1 (2:30AM) – What do you have for connectivity, if you don’t mind sharing?
@Chrissy1
I haven’t had a landline since 2003. At that point, I had cable TV, DSL, voice and fax phone lines. Cancelled DSL, killed both phone lines. Instead I got a cell phone, switched to cable Internet and signed up for eFAX.
Last fall I cut cable TV. About $90+ per month in NYC, digital HD w/DVR and no premium channels. eFAX will be next.
It’s amazing how much dough gets blown on this stuff.
The only thing I miss are Rangers and Devils (NHL) games (in HD of course). With the playoffs going on it borders on painful… go Bruins! Next miss is the Tour de France. At least there’s better, free, Internet coverage.
@ Contrarian
That was exactly my logic – my landline was costing me about 25 bucks a month for nothing – I *never* used it, so that displaced most of the cost of 3G. And I can add that I continue to be very pleased with the 3G service.
@ lurker
I had digital cable and internet all through my local cable company, Wave (formerly Paul Allen’s Charter). The TV part was a ridiculous waste of money. I never had an premium channels, just 60 or so basic channels, and I prmimarily watched news on CNN, MSNBC and CNBC, and the few remaining non-idiotic programs on Discovery, History, NatGeo, etc. The value of those channels has been in steady deline for years, and there’s not much left but pseudo-science and reality shows. I have been enjoying Stephen Hawking’s new series – haven’t looked for it online yet.
I killed the TV part, saving the afore-mentioned $58, and just kept the 10 meg connection – about 40 bucks. I’m only really missing The Daily Show and Colbert, which are online in Flash. I can watch them on the iMac if I really want to for now, but I suspect Comedy Central will drop off the Flash wagon before too long.
@ Mr. Reeee
I hadn’t thought about the Tour. Not sure what the internet options are for the one, but it’s really the only sport I’m interested in watching. Maybe they’ll make an app for it, like they did for the Olympics…?
What’s the problem with the name? I like it more than SproutCore. May be because portuguese is more close to italian than english, though…
Besides, Gianduia is delicious, and fits with Cocoa
@ Dmitri
If it was a Linux variant it would have one of those idiotic backronym names that those freaks seem to love so much. I’m guessing GINF (Ginf Is Not Flash).
aka Christian:
You’re on the right wrong track.
“If it was a Linux variant it would have one of those idiotic backronym names that those freaks seem to love so much.”
Language can’t be dynamic as cultural demands change?
So many freaks, so little time.
@ Ampar
Of course it can! I say freaks with love, but I still hate backronyms.
Should have named it Goinunda as in flash is goin under
You idiots, Gianduia is the original name for Nutella, the popular chocolate-hazelnut breakfast/dessert spread. It was first created by an Italian dad for his children to take to school with bread for their lunch.
Before you criticize something out of ignorance, look it up first next time.
The Explainer:
You idiots . . .
You assumed we care and more. Explore the idiot tag in a mirror if it’s not too painful.