Supporting IE6 – a poison chalice or the holy grail?
One of the big benefits of Caplin's browser-based SDP platform, Caplin Trader, is that it can run in virtually any browser without the need for plugins or special configuration.
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Getting realtime data into Excel
Starting with Excel 2002, Microsoft have included the RTD interface which allows Excel to poll for data. Polling seems to be a much more efficient way of getting data into Excel...
Read moreSilverlight for single dealer portals?
Could it be that the time for Silverlight in finance has come? Does Adobe Flex solve any of the complexities of building web applications? Where does Caplin Trader fit in to thi...
Read morePortlets and Ajax
Developing portlets can be a frustrating experience, especially if you are used to technologies with lots of helpful information out there on the web. While lots of people are ...
Read moreWhat is the 'real-time web'?
The phrase "real-time web" has been streaming its way around the Internet for a while now. It's presently being used to describe information being available in search results as...
Read moreHow to dynamically create a class definition for use with Mock4JS
Mock4JS is a really useful unit testing helper library that allows you to create mocks of your JavaScript classes. What it doesn't presently support is mocking of objects that y...
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