Enabling Cloud Computing (pdf)
Bungee Connect enables a richer user experience, simplified integration and instant deployment.


Model-View-Adapter (pdf)
Over the past 10 years the web has evolved from simple web pages to complex, interactive web applications. New approaches are required to meet the increasing complexity of developing multi-tiered applications for the cloud.

Questions

Participating in the Bungee Connect Beta Program
I want to try out Bungee Connect. How do I do this?
When will Bungee Connect be in Beta?
Do I require training before I can use Bungee Connect?
How does Bungee Connect stack up against alternatives?
How much does Bungee Connect cost?
What technology enables Bungee Connect to be so interactive?

Interacting with Web Services
My business (or I) has web services we'd like to use in the applications built using Bungee Connect. Do I need to register with you?
I used the previous version of Bungee Connect, can I still get access to it?
What about the applications I have built with the previous version?

Answers

Participating in the Bungee Connect Beta Program

Q: I want to try out Bungee Connect. How do I do this?

A. The beta will not be available until approximately December, 2009. Click here to be notified once the beta is open.

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Q: When will Bungee Connect be in Beta?

A: We expect our public beta program to begin in early 2010. During the public beta, we will continue to add new capability while enhancing the reliability, scalability and security. We will inform our Developer Community approximately four (4) weeks in advance of General Availability.

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Q: Do I require training before I can use Bungee Connect?

A: To effectively use Bungee Connect, you should be a proficient software developer and experienced with Object Oriented programming. If you are proficient with one or more of the following (C++, C#, Java, Objective-C, Ruby-on-Rails) learning Bungee Connect should be very simple.

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Q: How does Bungee Connect stack up against alternatives?

A: There are several ways to define competition. We define it as any reasonable alternative a potential customer could consider. To our knowledge, there is no direct alternative to Bungee Connect for providing a complete Platform-as-a-Service for creating, managing, updating, and delivering rich web service based applications. Looking at alternatives, developers could consider several categories:

1. Traditional, on-premise, professional-class IDE's
2. Extensible vertical application API's and toolkits
3. Ajax interaction frameworks and toolkits
4. Postpone developing a rich, interactive web application, and stay with static web-pages and limited dynamic content

None of the above address the collective major complexities of, i) web service access and integration, ii) automated web applications state management, iii) automation of integrated multi-browser Ajax interactivity, and iv) instant deployment and end-user delivery. All require additional technologies and providers to fill in an entire solution that addresses the full lifecycle of rich web applications. When compared with alternatives from each category above, Bungee Connect provides a highly competitive platform capability set.

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Q: How much does Bungee Connect cost?

A: Bungee Labs collects no fees during the entire development processdevelopers can freely access, develop, test, and even conduct on-line focus groups and beta programs for Bungee-powered applications. We have yet to announce pricing details for applications deployed with Bungee Connect. We will make announcements regarding pricing as we near the end of the beta period.

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Q: What technology enables Bungee Connect to be so interactive?

A: Bungee Connect is very interactive due to the combination of the Bungee Grid multi-tenant high-availability infrastructure and Bungee Pulse. The interactive Bungee Pulse coordination system is the combination of a very thin client-side Ajax implementation, a comprehensive server-side sub-system within Bungee Grid runtime servers, and an intelligent interaction protocol that enables continuous application state management and fluid interactivity with IE, Firefox and Safari. Bungee Pulse optimizes both client interaction requests and server responses. Bungee Labs has invested significant engineering in optimizing network efficiency as well as interactive performance within the browser.

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Interacting with Web Services

Q: My business (or I) has web services we'd like to use in the applications built using Bungee Connect. Do I need to register with you?

A: No. Any SOAP or REST-based web service can be integrated into Bungee-powered applications using Bungee Connect.

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Q: I used the previous version of Bungee Connect, can I still get access to it?

A: A production version of Bungee Connect is still available at http://builder.bungeeconnect.com and you can login and continue working. Once the new version of Bungee Connect is released this version will be deprecated, as all development will be done from within the new Eclipse-based IDE.

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Q: What about the applications I have built with the previous version?

A: Contact us and we will help you out. Support AT bungeelabs DOT com.

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