Lead ThinWire developer, Joshua Gertzen just posted some information on his blog about an article that was recently published in AjaxWorld Magazine. Check it out.

Our company continues to grow significantly as a result of our premier lending application suite, which is built on ThinWire. This year we are looking to add 10-20 people to the company, which puts us at 30%-40% growth for 2007. In any case, we are currently in need of 8 people to fill the open positions within CCS. You can read more about the positions here: http://www.customcreditsystems.com/careers.html

While the currently available positions are not directly tied to ThinWire platform development, nearly everyone at CCS works with ThinWire based systems on a daily basis. Additionally, we will be looking to expand our dedicated ThinWire developer base soon, so use this as an opportunity to get your foot in the door! Thanks!

As of yesterday, I added a new file package to the SourceForge file distribution system called “ThinWire Snapshot Builds”. The plan right now is build a snapshot release of the ThinWire framework on a somewhat regular basis, probably bi-weekly at this point, which includes the latest bug fixes and features that have been added since the last major release (currently v1.2 RC1). While you can always checkout the source from the trunk and build the latest version yourself, the goal with these snapshots is to make it very easy for people to stay up to date without having to go through the checkout build process. In any case, visit the new package at SourceForge to get the first snapshot.

Lead Architect Joshua Gertzen has a post on his blog what he thinks should happen in the next year for ThinWire. Check it out.

ThinWire in Top Ten on SourceForge after Latest Release & LGPL Licensing

DALLAS, TEXAS - A major release of the open source ThinWire platform went out the door on Friday the 8th. AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2007 East speaker and lead ThinWire architect, Joshua Gertzen, reports that the release has already skyrocketed its ranking on SourceForge.net to #8 out of 136,000 projects. Combined with ThinWire’s announcement that the platform will henceforth be licensed under the less restrictive and free for commercial use LGPL, some are predicting that the platform’s unique and powerful approach could change the way that business applications are built. “With v1.2 RC1, ThinWire adds more significant features then any prior release, making it the most powerful enterprise class open source Ajax platform.” says Gertzen.

ThinWire is a free for commercial use, Java development platform that allows you to easily build applications for the web that have responsive, expressive & interactive user interfaces without the complexity of the alternatives. While virtually any web application can be built with ThinWire, when it comes to enterprise applications, the framework excels with its highly interactive and rich user interface components. Use ThinWire to handle the view-layer of your Java EE (J2EE) application and you’ll be able to provide an unparalleled user experience, while at the same time completing your project faster than ever. “Creating a solid and high performance platform that meets the needs of the business world is our number one priority.” Gertzen notes, “As a result, the default style of the framework has a very professional and Windows like feel, although a number of styling options are available to meet almost any need.” To experience the ThinWire platform and interact with its components and features, visit the Playground Demo application online.

The Dallas based software and consulting firm Custom Credit Systems, who specializes in delivering advanced solutions to the financial lending industry, started building the platform in 2002 to meet the demanding needs of its market space. “The humble beginnings of the platform may initially seem unconventional, but when you think about it, innovation often comes from small groups of highly visionary people.” says Brian Shaw, CEO of Custom Credit Systems. “In fact, CCS has been a leader in technology development for many years.” Mr. Shaw continues, “Our Company pioneered the use of scripting languages for Windows applications in the late 80’s and developed dynamic web functionality (aka AJAX) as early as 2000, so this level of innovation is a key part of our culture.” CCS has deployed ThinWire based products into a number of organizations starting in late 2004, including one of the top-ten banks in the U.S.

As part of ThinWire v1.2 Release Candidate 1, the framework is now available under the GNU Lesser General Public License, otherwise known as the LGPL, making it free for all commercial and private uses. Additionally, CCS is now offering support subscriptions, training and consulting services to interested parties. “Making the framework open source and free to use is very important to all of us because we feel strongly that this platform has the potential to change the way web applications are built.” says Gertzen, “But we also understand the need that many companies have for guaranteed support and occasional help to make their initiatives successful.” Over the next month, additional information about these paid support and consulting services will be added to the ThinWire website, but in the meantime you may inquire for information by contacting CCS using the information provided below.

ThinWire Services from Custom Credit Systems

• Address: 801 East Campbell Road, Suite 652, Richardson, Texas 75081, USA
• Email: info@thinwire.com, sales@customcreditsystems.com
• Phone: +1 (888) 644-6405