The #1 AJAX, Web 2.0 and RIA Framework

Top 10 Reasons:

1. Richest GUI

With Bindows you can develop web applications with a true Windows look-and-feel. Bindows also fully supports themes so you can easily create/use themes consistent with your enterprise look and change the look of your whole applications.

(Also, from Samples, run the AppLauncher and try the test applications included in the Bindows API).

2. Zero Footprint & Agnostic

Bindows applications require no end-user downloads - TRUE zero-footprint (no Java, Flash, plug-ins or ActiveX are used).
Bindows applications are agnostic to the server, backend platform, OS and language.

3. Full, Complete & Extendable

Bindows provides the most full and complete components library (our major enterprise customers told us after they conducted an extensive study). ALL the Bindows components are designed for extension (see for example our standard gauges and our extended gauge2).

4. OOP - Yes, HTML - No!

Bindows is fully class based, Object Oriented API. It provides a complete windowing system with a wide array of supported widgets including menus, forms, grids, sliders, gauges and more. In Bindows you do not need to know or write one line of html.

5. Accessibility (Section-508)

Bindows provides the best in industry support for Section-508 (a mandatory Federal requirement).
Bindows enables development of Ajax, RIA and Web 2.0 applications that work with leading screen readers, such as JAWS, without requiring any download or installation (zero-footprint). After a huge effort on our part, Bindows now enables you to easily develop fully accessible, rich-GUI applications. For more details, see our 508 page.
Please read the Federal Computer Week (FCW) article on Bindows accessibility support at http://www.fcw.com/article94879-06-13-06-Web.

6. Charting, Vector Graphics & Animations

Bindows supports client-side charting in all supported browsers, which is both rich, scalable and dynamic (animations), that are designed to be easily extended and enhanced:

• Line charts
• Columns and bars
• Pie charts
• Stacked columns and bars
• Percentage stacked columns and bars
• Gauges
• Grids

Bindows animation library enables adding animations to any Bindows component - thus creating visual effects like pulsating buttons, fade-ins, fade-outs, animated movement and resizes. Animations can also adapt themselves to dynamic interfaces and be integrated with each other.

The Bindows Graphical-Links API - BiLink API enables drawing of graphical links (lines and arrows) that join elements. The properties of the links, including color, width and style, can be customized. The basic task of the API is to manage the anchoring of the link to the elements. Please read about Bindows Graphical Links API (GL-API) in Graphical Links API.

7. Internationalization & Localization

Bindows provides full support for internationalization and localization. Localized Bindows applications (including combined locales) are in use across the globe. Checkout the Bindows localized sites under worldwide

8. Pace of Development

Bindows object oriented approach and expandability scales well to large development teams and projects. Bindows is modeled after Swing so Java programmers feel right at home. Bindows Enterprise tools further enable professional and effective development of enterprise Ajax application:

• The Bindows Linker
• The Bindows Compiler
• The Bindows Benchmarking tool
• The Bindows IntelliJ IDE plugin
• The InfiView platform

9. Proven (enterprise) and Mature

Bindows pioneered the Ajax market. It is an established and mature technology and we are commitment to performance. Bindows based applications are in use by most Fortune-100 corporations. As such, we have extensive experience working with business enterprise users - achieving aggressive performance in large scale applications. Additional Bindows enterprise development tools include the Bindows Linker, Bindows Compiler, and the Bindows Benchmark). See some screenshots of commercial Bindows-powered applications, provided by several of our customers.

10. SPI and MPI

The Bindows framework supports development of both single page interface (SPI) applications and multiple page interface (MPI) applications, and again, you do not need to write one line of html.

Competitive Analysis

If you would like detailed information on how Bindows compares with any other leading Ajax framework, please contact sales@bindows.net.