2005/08/05

Web 2.0 of Visual development

Visual development has been a standard process for many professional web application development team. Since 1995, techniques and tools have been developed and been improved.

We're in the process of taking the basic building blocks to the next level. Ajax style features will certainly be the part of the mix.

1. Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications
Take a look at Google Suggest. Watch the way the suggested terms update as you type, almost instantly. Now look at Google Maps. Zoom in. Use your cursor to grab the map and scroll around a bit. Again, everything happens almost instantly, with no waiting for pages to reload.

Google Suggest and Google Maps are two examples of a new approach to web applications that we at Adaptive Path have been calling Ajax. The name is shorthand for Asynchronous JavaScript + XML, and it represents a fundamental shift in what’s possible on the Web.

2. Prototype
Prototype is a JavaScript framework that aims to ease development of dynamic web applications. Featuring a unique, easy-to-use toolkit for class-driven development and the nicest Ajax library around, Prototype is quickly becoming the codebase of choice for Web 2.0 developers everywhere.

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