Ajax Rich Internet Application Development

ajax application development

Pathfinder develops enterprise class rich internet applications and makes them easy to use. We leverage industry leading Ajax frameworks like JQuery and Google Web Toolkit and provide robust integration with Java, .Net and Ruby on Rails. Coupled with our iterative agile development approach this means that we can build, test and deploy production-quality applications in significantly less time and let our clients deliver scalable, high performance Ajax applications to market faster and with greater frequency.

Ajax User Experience Design

Our user experience designers have many years of experience designing rich internet applications, from online options trading and data collection applications in English and Arabic. We can help translate complex data and business processes into simple and easy to use applications that increase productivity and user satisfaction, while driving greater revenues for our clients.

Migrate Web 1.0 and Client Server Applications to Ajax

Ajax can transform the slow, painful experience of data-intensive web applications by bringing the rich interactions of the desktop to the browser and dramatically improving end user productivity and satisfaction. At the same time, Ajax allows you to migrate client server applications that were previously too complex to effectively deploy as web applications, while reaping the benefits of the web applications – lower cost of deployment, easier support, shorter development times, no client installation.

Ajax Strategy

We can help you quickly analyze when and where to best use Ajax for competitive advantage, how to build scalable, secure, and high performance Ajax applications, or provide guidance in framework and tool selection and integration with your enterprise infrastructure.

Looking for results?

Over 80% of our clients come back to us with new opportunities because we deliver on-time, on-target and on-budget.

Give us a call at 866.882.7215 or contact us to discuss your specific situation and how we can help you.

Want more information on Ajax and Rich Internet Applications?

Download our white paper ‘Ajax Roadmap: How to transform your website without starting from scratch’

Check out Pathfinder’s Agile Ajax blog

Read Brian Dillard’s ‘Ajax Overhaul’ series on IBM developerWorks:

Part 1: Retrofit existing sites with Ajax and jQuery

Part 2: Retrofit existing sites with jQuery, Ajax, tooltips, and lightboxes

Part 3: Retrofit existing sites with jQuery, Ajax tabs, and photo carousels


Results delivered.

  • Vu360: PDF Takeoff and Markup

    Pathfinder developed Vu360, a universal digital document viewer that enables easy viewing, takeoff and markup of .PDF and .TIFF documents for architects, engineers and contractors.

  • Employment Verification

    Pathfinder worked with Rapid Reporting to build the first employment verification tool that captures employment information from individual employers as well as automated subscription services.

  • Automated Compliance Management

    Rich Internet Application that allows supervisory personnel to manage contractor workforce requirements through a single, easy-to-use web-based application, developed in Ruby on Rails.

  • Hedge Fund Analytics

    Extensible Flex-based platform for real time analysis of hedge fund performance data.

  • 3D Flex Data Visualization

    3D Visualization of flight tracking and meteorological readings, using Flex, Papervision 3D, and Yahoo and Google mapping APIs.

  • Touch Screen Kiosk

    Touch screen kiosks with interactive mapping, video and onscreen keyboard, developed in Adobe Flex and Air.

  • Product Filtering

    Pathfinder conceptualized and created a map and attribute based rich internet application for product browsing at DestinationBeer.com using Flex and Ruby on Rails.

  • Handheld Medical Interface

    Pathfinder created an easy-to-use interface for a hand-held medical device that is effective for increasing the quality of care and eliminating errors.

  • Interactive Flash e-Commerce Site

    By creating a better customer experience, Pathfinder delivers an e-commerce site that offers competitive advantage.

  • Rand McNally Classroom

    Rand McNally enlisted Pathfinder to help create a new technology service for educators that provided a complete, interactive “one stop resource” for teaching K-12 classrooms.

  • optionsXpress

    Pathfinder worked with optionsXpress to maximize customer adoption and help customers trade more efficiently with fewer mistakes.

  • Data Warehousing

    Pathfinder redesigned the BEZ product to make it easier to use and navigate, unlocking the true value of the product and effectively position BEZ as a quality leader in their industry.

  • Scientific Research Portal

    The Chicago Botanic Garden, in conjunction with 29 partners, needed to build a user-centric portal and applications in order to enable research into complex biological relationships.

  • Healthcare Analytics

    Pathfinder designed and implemented a new platform architecture that helped a Healthcare Analytics firm grow their competitive advantage.

  • ColorVision Spyder3

    Pathfinder improved the workflow of a leading color calibration system and brought visual pizzazz to its presentation.

  • Facebook Sports Application

    Pathfinder worked with the Sun-Times to deliver a Facebook application, in less than three months, that reaches teens and young adults, creating a new channel and ad revenue opportunities.

  • Media Content Management Platform

    Pathfinder worked with Sun Times News Group to design and build an extensible platform for the group's 98 publications.

  • Power Substation Automation

    A leading energy company's devices were extolled for their reliability, yet feared for their complexity. We unified multiple substation automation applications into a single easy-to-use interface.

  • Medical Software

    A leader in medical software development and support recently enlisted Pathfinder's services to help tame the complexity and ensure the usability of its newest product.

  • Arabic Education Portal

    In an Arabic Gulf State, we designed and developed portals for disseminating information to teachers, students and their parents, and applications for researchers and the education ministry.

  • Test Tracking Logistics

    To manage the logistics of a national testing program in an Arabic Gulf State, an application was needed to monitor the status and location of over a million exam and answer books.

  • American Medical Association

    Pathfinder designed a cleaner, more user-friendly Health Information Technology site for the AMA to facilitate communication of HIT information to their audience.

  • Mobile Interview Application

    Pathfinder provided a seamless user experience to the client across both desktops and the web by ensuring that user interactions and system behaviors were intuitive and reliable.

  • Supply Chain Logistics Portal

    Pathfinder developed an entire supply chain, logistics and warehouse reporting portal using .net and microsoft sharepoint services.

  • Insurance Placement Process

    Pathfinder worked with one of the world's largest insurance brokerage firms to implement a paperless process to automate the entire placement stream.

  • Financial Services Portal

    The client, a Global 100 Investment Bank with over 22,000 employees on six continents, wanted to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its operations.

  • Field Data Collection in Arabic

    In an Arabic Gulf State, as part of a national educaitonal reform effort, our client needed a multilingual application to make gathering the data easier and analyzing it more efficient.

  • Multimedia Flash Web Application

    A pressing deadline drove the development of a rich, interactive, multimedia Flash website that was complete in just 2 days.

Books we have written.

  • Rails Prescriptions

    by Noel Rappin Director, Pathfinder Development Ruby on Rails Practice

    Rails Test Prescriptions is a comprehensive guide to testing your Rails application, covering both the mechanics of writing tests and the style for writing good and useful tests.

  • Professional Ruby on Rails

    by Noel Rappin Director, Pathfinder Development Ruby on Rails Practice

    This book bridges the gap between what you'll learn from a typical beginner book and what you'll need to know to create a solid, professional, spectacular web application.

  • Real World Ajax: Secrets of the Masters

    contributions by Dietrich Kappe Chief Technology Officer, Pathfinder Development

    Aimed at everyone from enterprise developers to self-taught scripters, Real-World AJAX: Secrets of the Masters is the perfect book for anyone who wants to start understanding the basics of AJAX.

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