There are fewer than 50 million software developers around the world. The Dfinity Foundation has a plan to expand that number to 5 billion. Dfinity took a step in that direction at the end of last ...

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Rich Internet applications (RIA) are Web-based applications that have some characteristics of graphical desktop applications. Built with powerful development tools, RIAs can run faster and be more ...

Building a web app comes with its fair share of challenges. For starters, you want your website to be lightweight and fast.