We are pleased to announce that WAK2 is now available in the Stabilization Channel. We encourage you download this version as it is the one that will lead to the very first production release of Wakanda. The more you use it and give us your feedback, the better the version will be!

For comparison with the first Live Release, the first Production Release will provide you with security enhancements, as well as many new features like a data browser, studio extension support, iPad support enhancements, sprite support, and the widgets you’ve all been waiting for such as tabs, upload and calendar.

To access the Stabilization Channel and all other Wakanda downloads, please visit:
http://wakanda.org/downloads

Source 2012 • London, England • May 2-5
Wakanda community manager Alexandre Morgaut will be speaking on the topic of “Server-Side JavaScript for Web Applications.” Come meet Alexandre – he'll be more than happy to talk SSJS with you and show you some cool Wakanda features.

Fluent • San Francisco, California • May 29-31
Visit us at Booth 400 of O’Reilly’s Fluent Conference. We’ll be showing off the latest version of Wakanda. Come see it in action or just stop by to say hello!

NoSQL Matters • Cologne, Germany • May 29-30
Alexandre Morgaut will be presenting “NoSQL for Model-Driven Web Applications.” After his talk, he will be pleased to answer your question and show Wakanda to whoever wants to see it up close.

Freelance software engineer Saadmos has recently written a pair of very thorough articles about Wakanda for The Code Project:

“Why ASP.NET developers could find Wakanda very easy”

“Getting started with Web 2.0 using Wakanda”

Wakanda and oAuth
Developer Barton Hammond has created a demonstration using Wakanda and Janrain Engage, using oAuth to connect users to a Wakanda app from Google, Yahoo, etc.

“Wakanda & JanRain - oAuth Social Network Authentication made easy”

Direct link to video: http://www.viddler.com/v/5bb08191

 

Wakanda and Freshbooks Integration Library
Freshbooks is a cloud based way to track time, organize expenses and invoice clients. Wakanda is an open and complete solution for all your Web and mobile business apps utilizing a NoSQL OODB and MDA.  This blog is to demonstrate how to integrate Freshbooks with Wakanda via Server Side JavaScript. 

 

"Wakanda and Freshbooks Integration Library"

Direct link to video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBGnrgs1ykI

Use autoDispatch to sync with datasource
Dave Robbins is creating a “Paid Time Off” application using Wakanda. In this video he shows how to use autoDispatch to synchronize the datasource with the interface widgets.

“Updating Widgets Programmatically - Use autoDispatch to sync with datasource”

In addition to making videos (above) Dave Robbins has taken some time to create a new Wakanda application to manage PTO (Paid Time Off) with his aforementioned app. On top of making it available for download, he has written a blog post about it.

Read “Wakanda Paid Time Off application” here.

Rainer Wittman of Spirit EDV-Beratung in Germany has developed a proof of concept combining Kendo UI’s HTML5-based framework with Wakanda’s REST API, data model and data store.

“Kendo UI meets Wakanda”

JS.everywhere(2012) + Wakanday • Silicon Valley, California, October 26-27
Our signature JavaScript event takes place in October, but in order to put on the greatest JavaScript conference possible, we work on it year ‘round!  We’ve gotten some excellent session proposals so far, and while we’re thoroughly going through them, we want to remind you that it’s not too late to propose your own.

Apply at: jseverywhere.org

One of the top resources in the Wakanda community is the forum, where enthusiasts, newbies and our own engineers mingle and share their thoughts, tips, and latest accomplishments. We’d like to take a moment to recognize some of our most active forum members this month.

Our top posters:
Greg - http://forum.wakanda.org/member.php?440-Greg
guapito - http://forum.wakanda.org/member.php?723-guapito
vandzi - http://forum.wakanda.org/member.php?517-vandzi

And our top-rated community poster based on forum member votes:
RainerAtSpirit - http://forum.wakanda.org/member.php?733-RainerAtSpirit

In appreciation of their participation, all the above-named members will receive a Wakanda t-shirt! (A Wakanda team member will contact you to coordinate.)