Frankly, I
only thought of doing this after I had already completed the project; otherwise, I likely
would have done it myself!
??? Add a Favorites menu that dynamically grows as items are added to it, so the user can
quickly jump to common locations. It would also be nice to allow the user to save that
list on the server for future sessions.
Summary
So, if you decide to put a server up at home, assuming your ISP allows it, you now have yourself
a nifty little file manager to run on it! In the process of building this application, we saw
more of DWR in action, including a new twist on securing remotable classes, namely the ???deny
by default??? paradigm. We saw how a good set of UI components can make creating a robust,
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visually pleasing interface a breeze. We saw how combining those two things, plus a few extra
libraries on the back end, can allow you to create powerful, rich Internet-based applications
that in many ways rival their fat-client equivalents.
In the next chapter, we??™ll develop a project that is a little more ???Enterprise??? in nature,
something you can imagine seeing in any office in America (or any other country for that matter),
namely a reporting portal.
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