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| ==Java frameworks== | ==Java frameworks== | ||
| Such frameworks permit one to use Java web services interactively with a web page. | Such frameworks permit one to use Java web services interactively with a web page. | ||
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Ajax is a technology to build dynamic web pages on the client side. Data are read from the server or sent to the server by JavaScript requests.
However, some processing at the server side is required to handle requests, i.e., finding and storing the data. This is accomplished more easily with the use of a framework dedicated to process Ajax requests.
Why a framework?
In the article that has coined the "Ajax" term, J.J. Garrett describes Ajax as a layer between the user interface and the server. This Ajax engine is intended to suppress waiting for the user when the page attemps to access the server. The goal of the framework is to provide this Ajax engine, and all the required functions, server side and client side.
PHP frameworks
These may be very simple libraries such as Sajax, or more complete tools, such as Sarissa, that can interact with various databases.
Java frameworks
Such frameworks permit one to use Java web services interactively with a web page. Google has created a Java framework recently, the Google Web Toolkit.
.NET frameworks
Microsoft has created a framework for .NET, ATLAS, which is a set of extensions to ASP.NET.
JavaScript extensions
On the client side, there are numerous extensions to JavaScript that provide all the functions to interact avec the XMLHttpRequest object, including extensions to the user interface. Rico is an example of open source JavaScript library for Ajax.