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Recent Successes

Pathfinder delivers better software faster, with less risk and lower costs. Here are some examples of our work and the knowledge we have gained.

• Facebook 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.

• Handheld Medical Interface

  

  Pathfinder created an interface for a hand held medical device, providing flexibility and an enhanced user experience that is easy to use and 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.

• Multimedia Flash Web Application

  

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

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White Papers and Articles

If you’re interested in important trends and insights on software development and user experience design, we encourage you to read our latest white papers and articles. Learn more about Pathfinder’s unique approach and results-driven methodology.

• Harnessing the Power of Social Networking Applications with Facebook

  by Dietrich Kappe Chief Technology Officer, Pathfinder Development

  Smart businesses are tapping into the value of Facebook’s social graph – the network Facebook maintains of the relationship between its users – to grow their presence, products and profits

• Ajax Roadmap

  by Brian Dillard Vice President of Ajax Development, Pathfinder Development

  Ajax is a technology that transforms slow, static websites into dynamic, responsive applications that feel more like traditional desktop software. When designed and implemented correctly, Ajax sites can effectively address business issues while improving usability.

• Ajax overhaul, Part 1: Retrofit existing sites with Ajax and jQuery

  by Brian Dillard Vice President of Ajax Development, Pathfinder Development

  Improve your user experience and simplify your navigation with modal dialogs. This first article in a series on overhauling existing sites with Asynchronous JavaScript + XML (Ajax) shows you how to eliminate pop-up windows and navigational dead-ends with simple modal windows.

• Ruby on Rails: Everyone’s talking about it. Are you?

  by Dietrich Kappe Chief Technology Officer, Pathfinder Development

  Ruby on Rails, often referred to as Rails, is an open source web project that couples the Ruby programming language with the Rails web application framework. It is ideally suited for creating customer-facing web applications and its growing popularity is due to its ability to speed development while enriching user experience.

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Tutorials

Our tutorials are designed to help you learn by example. They provide sample code, illustrations and documentation to make it easy to understand and replicate in your own environment.

• Ajax Drag-and-Drop Stock Quote Demo

• Getting Started with Eclipse and the Echo2 Ajax Framework

  by Dietrich Kappe Chief Technology Officer, Pathfinder Development

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Open Source Projects

At Pathfinder, we play an active role in the Open Source software community by sharing our knowledge and making contributions. We use, develop, and extend Open Source software and support and maintain Open Source code libraries.

• Rails Plug-in for the iPhone

  This plugin is the result of some recent web development for iPhone and Mobile based on the iUI toolkit, which contains a number of CSS styles and JavaScript event handlers to make iPhone Web apps look and feel somewhat like native iPhone applications.

• Really Simple History

  Really Simple History (RSH) is a lightweight JavaScript library for the management of bookmarking and browser history in Ajax/DHTML applications. It's maintained by Brian Dillard of Pathfinder Development.

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Presentations and Webinars

Pathfinder is an active member of the technology community. We like to share what we have learned with others. Take a look at some of our latest presentations on industry trends, opportunities and challenges.

• Wrox Code Camp Video Series: Rails Source Control with Subversion

  with Noel Rappin Vice President of Ruby on Rails Development, Pathfinder Development

• Do Try This at Home: Ajax Bookmarking, Cross-site Scripting and other Web 2.0 Browser Hacks

  with Brian Dillard Vice President of Ajax Development, Pathfinder Development

• Beyond Agile: How to Deliver Better Software, Faster

  with Matt Nolker Director of User Experience Design, Pathfinder Development

• Lessons from Healthcare: Designing the Invisible Interface

  with Matt Nolker Director of User Experience Design, Pathfinder Development

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