AJAX and Web2: entering a new area for the web

AJAX means "Asynchronous JavaScript and XML" and represent a new way of building web-based applications which are faster to use and more dynamic.

 
Ajax and Web2

The terms "AJAX" and "Web2" are buzzwords accros the Web industry since 2004 and their uses are becoming more and more popular. Applications like Gmail and Google suggest helped to market those concepts.

AJAX allow the communication between a Web browser and a server using the Javascript language. The combination between such technologies as HTML, Javascript and CSS allows the creation of web applications which behave accordingly between different browser while reducing the amount of processing and the number of HTTP request.

Despite the presence of those technologies since a long time, the AJAX revolution is due to display content in a Web page "on demand", without having to refresh the whole page.

Thus, Web pages are no longer static and generated by a server. They are build dynamically inside the browser. Web-based applications build with AJAX behaves like regular applications, consume fewer resources and, despite being longer to start, are way faster and reactive in their usage.

The library used by Adaltas

  • OpenRico
    Open Rico is an open-source Javascript library for creating rich internet applications. Rico provides full Ajax support, drag and drop management and a cinematic effects library.
  • Dojo Toolkit
    Dojo is the open-source Javascript Toolkit that makes professional Web development better, easier, and faster.