Earlier this year, we announced OpenFin Community Edition which gives developers free commercial use of OpenFin. This made it even easier for developers to choose OpenFin and sparked …
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Microservices gained popularity for a reason. Building monoliths is expensive in every sense of the word – creating them is labor and risk intensive, and maintaining them becomes …
Interoperability is a magical thing. There’s a certain element of delight when two things work together the way we expect them to. On our personal devices, this happens by …
Integration tests allow developers to automate typical user experiences for the purposes of validating functionality & protecting against regressions. We can use …
We are excited to announce that OpenFin version 7.53.20.20 is ready for production and has been promoted to our stable channel. This release brings a major upgrade to …
https://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/openfin-home-monitor.jpg7181500Mitra Roknabadihttps://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/OpenFin.pngMitra Roknabadi2017-05-30 03:47:202017-05-30 03:47:50OpenFin v7 Released to Stable
Your OpenFin Application Config (or manifest) file provides settings that you should be using for improved security, support and branding. The configuration file is a server-hosted JSON file (ex. ‘app.json’) …
So much of web design revolves around crafting a serviceable user experience that can live inside a browser. At our most recent webinar, we highlighted how quickly developers can …
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We’ve released a new Beta version of our .NET Adapter that works with OpenFin 6. For those not familiar with our external adapters, they enable application providers to integrate and …
We are very excited to announce the Stable (production ready) version of OpenFin 6. Since our Beta release, we’ve made significant improvements to the performance and stability of the Runtime, …
We have some great news to report. Our latest benchmark tests of OpenFin 6 (which is built on Electron) show a 78% improvement of memory performance for multi-window applications. Or …
https://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Picture1-e1478631605840.jpg98189Mitra Roknabadihttps://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/OpenFin.pngMitra Roknabadi2016-11-04 20:06:392016-11-08 19:00:17OpenFin Slashes Electron Memory by 78%
At OpenFin, making sure our software is properly vetted before it reaches our customers is a top priority. Automated testing plays a critical part in our process since keeping pace
https://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/linkedin.jpg400700Mitra Roknabadihttps://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/OpenFin.pngMitra Roknabadi2016-05-25 02:43:132016-10-13 19:37:15OpenFin 6 Alpha on Electron
In February, we shared our findings on security and performance challenges with Electron, the open-source project we are incorporating into OpenFin. In a financial industry context where security and …
OpenFin is excited to partner with Scott Logic. Scott Logic’s experience in building applications and their use of HTML5 are helping firms in the Financial Services industry migrate to modern …
In December, we announced that the OpenFin HTML5 Container will incorporate Electron in our upcoming 6.0 release which is due out in March. With the release close to completion, we …
https://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/electron.jpg300300Mitra Roknabadihttps://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/OpenFin.pngMitra Roknabadi2016-02-17 04:43:432016-02-17 15:38:27Addressing Security and Performance Challenges with Electron
https://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1122233.jpg300293Mitra Roknabadihttps://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/OpenFin.pngMitra Roknabadi2015-12-07 20:53:092016-08-03 19:13:49Why we're moving to Electron
OpenFin and 28Stone Consulting are excited to announce a new partnership that brings together 28Stone’s application development services and OpenFin’s HTML5 container technology. Today, firms demand trading applications that are …
https://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/financial-os.jpg272272Mitra Roknabadihttps://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/OpenFin.pngMitra Roknabadi2015-07-28 21:38:432016-01-08 20:00:00Financial OS: Here Comes HTML5
When it comes to fast changing data for online financial applications, software developers know how challenging it can be to deliver excellent performance, especially when web technologies are involved. On …
We have pushed out an initial alpha build of OpenFin Runtime 64-bit for Windows. We will be gathering feedback from dev teams over the coming months eventually producing a “stable” …
https://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/imgres.png225225Mitra Roknabadihttps://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/OpenFin.pngMitra Roknabadi2015-05-12 20:51:352015-12-17 15:10:50Will you still feed me when I'm 64 (bit)?
The basic architecture for screen-based trading platforms has been pretty well established for at least the past 10 to 15 years. That stack is now changing as screens are increasingly …
https://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Screen-Shot-2015-09-23-at-3.12.16-PM.png502597Mitra Roknabadihttps://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/OpenFin.pngMitra Roknabadi2015-04-27 19:29:242017-01-21 05:12:45The New Standard for Trading Architecture
Last month, Adaptive and OpenFin announced a partnership around Adaptive’s sector-leading consulting services and OpenFin’s HTML5 runtime container. If you missed the announcement, read it here http://weareadaptive.com/blog/2015/03/05/openfin-partnership/.
https://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-21-at-12.41.13-PM1.png102351Mitra Roknabadihttps://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/OpenFin.pngMitra Roknabadi2015-01-21 14:50:102016-02-17 19:30:252 Node modules, a Grunt plugin and a Gulp recipe for your OpenFin toolset
How do you display a peta-size data-set in a grid with smooth scrolling and no-deferred-painting? What if you have thousands of rows of data that update at over 1000 times …
https://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/blog-copy.jpg362714Mitra Roknabadihttps://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/OpenFin.pngMitra Roknabadi2015-01-05 00:34:412016-01-08 19:45:32Introducing Hypergrid: It Will Blow Your Mind
If you’re bemoaning the sorry state of your bloated fat client financial application, don’t worry — you’re in good company. It’s a common problem that goes something like this.
Traders, salespeople and other front-office users are among the most demanding power users of applications in the world. Whether it’s performance, scale or ergonomics, these users’ requirements and expectations are …
https://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/html5.png688650Mitra Roknabadihttps://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/OpenFin.pngMitra Roknabadi2014-10-08 13:40:242016-02-17 19:33:194 Things HTML5 Can Do That Will Surprise You
We are happy to announce our own Yeoman generator, focused on reducing the amount of configuration and setup for an OpenFin application. The OpenFin generator creates a configured and self-hosted …
When building a front end desktop application, one of the first decisions developers make is whether to build a thick client or a thin client. For those not familiar …
Firms often ask us how OpenFin compares to other Chromium-based products including Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) and NodeWebkit. Here’s what we tell them:
https://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/tumblr_inline_nabemdQRjD1rh0t8d-300x112-e1443363260850.png65175Mitra Roknabadihttps://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/OpenFin.pngMitra Roknabadi2014-08-14 17:09:242016-02-17 19:37:2110 Things CEF and NodeWebkit Don’t Do
In the financial industry, HTML5 has rapidly become the new standard for real-time desktop applications. A second and related trend has also emerged. Instead of using web browsers, financial …
https://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/760x211-photo-boeing_747_400.jpg211760Mitra Roknabadihttps://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/OpenFin.pngMitra Roknabadi2014-08-12 09:32:122016-01-08 19:23:31BA Doesn’t Build Planes and You Shouldn’t Build an App Container
In speaking with firms across the financial industry, we’re often asked why they should use HTML5. We’re not HTML5 purists and we’ll be the first to say that there …
https://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/HTML5_Logo_512.png512512Mitra Roknabadihttps://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/OpenFin.pngMitra Roknabadi2014-08-05 13:03:402016-01-08 19:21:575 Reasons Why HTML5 is the Right Choice
You are wasting time and money if you are not leveraging at least some of what NodeJS has to offer these days when it comes to your JavaScript project. There …
We are frequently asked to recommend an HTML5 framework for building single-page web applications in the Enterprise. Sometimes answering that question well requires a deep understanding of the problem that …
https://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/angular-logo.png300300Mitra Roknabadihttps://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/OpenFin.pngMitra Roknabadi2014-02-14 13:10:412016-01-08 17:48:39Angular or Ember? We think Angular.
Chrome and Firefox are dropping support for the NPAPI which is what powers Silverlight, the traditional Flash plugin, the Java plugin and many others. They are expecting you to reengineer …
https://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/npapi.png306300Mitra Roknabadihttps://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/OpenFin.pngMitra Roknabadi2013-10-28 11:03:292016-01-08 17:44:18What you need to know about Chrome and Firefox dropping Silverlight/NPAPI support
We have used CEF for the past 2 years and been very impressed with the community, quality and overall utility of the project. It is a truly awesome tool that
https://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/post-1302-0-52661200-1299702281.png512512Mitra Roknabadihttps://openfin.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/OpenFin.pngMitra Roknabadi2013-07-22 13:40:542016-01-08 17:37:38Why we've moved on from Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF)
Joining the OpenFin Community
/0 Comments/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiEarlier this year, we announced OpenFin Community Edition which gives developers free commercial use of OpenFin. This made it even easier for developers to choose OpenFin and sparked …
App Launcher Pattern
/0 Comments/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiMicroservices gained popularity for a reason. Building monoliths is expensive in every sense of the word – creating them is labor and risk intensive, and maintaining them becomes …
Bringing App Interoperability to the Financial Desktop
/0 Comments/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiInteroperability is a magical thing. There’s a certain element of delight when two things work together the way we expect them to. On our personal devices, this happens by …
Automated Integration Testing Of Your OpenFin App
/0 Comments/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiAutomated Integration Testing of Your OpenFin App
Integration tests allow developers to automate typical user experiences for the purposes of validating functionality & protecting against regressions. We can use …
OpenFin v7 Released to Stable
/0 Comments/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiWe are excited to announce that OpenFin version 7.53.20.20 is ready for production and has been promoted to our stable channel. This release brings a major upgrade to …
TT®: Breaking the Browser Tab
/0 Comments/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiHow Trading Technologies leveraged OpenFin and the Web Platform to build the most performant front end in the industry
OpenFin is the financial industry’s first common operating layer, …
OpenFin Application Config – Best Practices
/0 Comments/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiYour OpenFin Application Config (or manifest) file provides settings that you should be using for improved security, support and branding. The configuration file is a server-hosted JSON file (ex. ‘app.json’) …
Convert a Browser App to a Full-Featured Desktop App w/ OpenFin
/0 Comments/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiSo much of web design revolves around crafting a serviceable user experience that can live inside a browser. At our most recent webinar, we highlighted how quickly developers can …
.NET Adapter: Improved Flexibility in OpenFin 6
/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiWe’ve released a new Beta version of our .NET Adapter that works with OpenFin 6. For those not familiar with our external adapters, they enable application providers to integrate and …
OpenFin 6 is Available!
/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiWe are very excited to announce the Stable (production ready) version of OpenFin 6. Since our Beta release, we’ve made significant improvements to the performance and stability of the Runtime, …
OpenFin Slashes
/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiElectron Memory by 78%
We have some great news to report. Our latest benchmark tests of OpenFin 6 (which is built on Electron) show a 78% improvement of memory performance for multi-window applications. Or …
Electron Memory by 78%
What’s a hybrid web-app anyway?
/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiBy: Nick Kolba, Director of Ecosystem at OpenFin
Nowadays, it seems like everybody in finance is talking about web,
HTML5, and JavaScript with giddy excitement – stuff that …
Automated Testing at OpenFin
/in blog /by Katie RoseAt OpenFin, making sure our software is properly vetted before it reaches our customers is a top priority. Automated testing plays a critical part in our process since keeping pace
…
OpenFin 6 Alpha on Electron
/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiWe’re excited to announce the Alpha release of OpenFin 6 (Chromium 49), which is built on Electron and adds the following capabilities:
…
OpenFin on Electron: We’re All-In
/0 Comments/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiIn February, we shared our findings on security and performance challenges with Electron, the open-source project we are incorporating into OpenFin. In a financial industry context where security and …
Scott Logic and OpenFin Partnership
/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiOpenFin is excited to partner with Scott Logic. Scott Logic’s experience in building applications and their use of HTML5 are helping firms in the Financial Services industry migrate to modern …
Addressing Security and Performance Challenges with Electron
/0 Comments/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiIn December, we announced that the OpenFin HTML5 Container will incorporate Electron in our upcoming 6.0 release which is due out in March. With the release close to completion, we …
Why we’re moving to Electron
/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiWhy we’re moving to Electron
Two years ago, we decided to move away from using Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF). The move gave us …
28Stone and OpenFin Announce Partnership
/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiOpenFin and 28Stone Consulting are excited to announce a new partnership that brings together 28Stone’s application development services and OpenFin’s HTML5 container technology. Today, firms demand trading applications that are …
Financial OS: Here Comes HTML5
/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiNumerix’s Jim Jockle and Greenwich Associates’s Daniel Connell discuss GA’s recent publication, “The Future of Financial Markets Operating Systems: Here Comes HTML5”. The discussion expands on the study’s …
Lightstreamer and OpenFin Integration
/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiWhen it comes to fast changing data for online financial applications, software developers know how challenging it can be to deliver excellent performance, especially when web technologies are involved. On …
Will you still feed me when I’m 64 (bit)?
/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiWe have pushed out an initial alpha build of OpenFin Runtime 64-bit for Windows. We will be gathering feedback from dev teams over the coming months eventually producing a “stable” …
Electronifie Presentation at Spotify
/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiNode.js + OpenFin = New Standard for Trading Architecture
At the Node.js meetup at Spotify in New York, Electronifie’s Stefan Kutko presented what is very likely the world’s first electronic …
The New Standard for Trading Architecture
/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiThe basic architecture for screen-based trading platforms has been pretty well established for at least the past 10 to 15 years. That stack is now changing as screens are increasingly …
Adaptive & OpenFin – Reactive Trader Demo [VIDEO]
/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiLast month, Adaptive and OpenFin announced a partnership around Adaptive’s sector-leading consulting services and OpenFin’s HTML5 runtime container. If you missed the announcement, read it here http://weareadaptive.com/blog/2015/03/05/openfin-partnership/.
The following …
C:OpenFin –launch
/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiAt OpenFin we are always looking for ways to improve developer experience. A couple of weeks ago we pushed out two Node modules, a Gulp recipe and a Grunt plugin…
2 Node modules, a Grunt plugin and a Gulp recipe for your OpenFin toolset
/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiWe have just released 4 new tools to support modern web development with OpenFin:
Introducing Hypergrid: It Will Blow Your Mind
/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiHow do you display a peta-size data-set in a grid with smooth scrolling and no-deferred-painting? What if you have thousands of rows of data that update at over 1000 times …
Fat Client – Extreme Makeover
/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiIf you’re bemoaning the sorry state of your bloated fat client financial application, don’t worry — you’re in good company. It’s a common problem that goes something like this.
Years …
4 Things HTML5 Can Do That Will Surprise You
/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiTraders, salespeople and other front-office users are among the most demanding power users of applications in the world. Whether it’s performance, scale or ergonomics, these users’ requirements and expectations are …
Yo OpenFin!
/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiWe are happy to announce our own Yeoman generator, focused on reducing the amount of configuration and setup for an OpenFin application. The OpenFin generator creates a configured and self-hosted …
Introducing the Svelte Client
/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiWhen building a front end desktop application, one of the first decisions developers make is whether to build a thick client or a thin client. For those not familiar …
10 Things CEF and NodeWebkit Don’t Do
/in blog, learn more /by Mitra RoknabadiFirms often ask us how OpenFin compares to other Chromium-based products including Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) and NodeWebkit. Here’s what we tell them:
At a high level, OpenFin provides a …
BA Doesn’t Build Planes and You Shouldn’t Build an App Container
/in blog, learn more /by Mitra RoknabadiIn the financial industry, HTML5 has rapidly become the new standard for real-time desktop applications. A second and related trend has also emerged. Instead of using web browsers, financial …
5 Reasons Why HTML5 is the Right Choice
/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiIn speaking with firms across the financial industry, we’re often asked why they should use HTML5. We’re not HTML5 purists and we’ll be the first to say that there …
Use NodeJS or Waste Money
/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiYou are wasting time and money if you are not leveraging at least some of what NodeJS has to offer these days when it comes to your JavaScript project. There …
Angular or Ember? We think Angular.
/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiWe are frequently asked to recommend an HTML5 framework for building single-page web applications in the Enterprise. Sometimes answering that question well requires a deep understanding of the problem that …
What you need to know about Chrome and Firefox dropping Silverlight/NPAPI support
/in blog /by Mitra RoknabadiChrome and Firefox are dropping support for the NPAPI which is what powers Silverlight, the traditional Flash plugin, the Java plugin and many others. They are expecting you to reengineer …
Why we’ve moved on from Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF)
/in blog, learn more /by Mitra RoknabadiWe have used CEF for the past 2 years and been very impressed with the community, quality and overall utility of the project. It is a truly awesome tool that
…