[development] OT: Google Tool Kit allows AJAX development in Java

[Steve Dondley]

Looks like Dries' degree in Java will come in handly after all.

On 5/17/06, Earl Dunovant <prometheus6 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think Joel Spolsky summed up AJAX well
>
> http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FB4.5.html
>
> >
> >
> > In the last year or so a lot of web developers have been working hard on
> improving their applications using techniques now known as Ajax. These
> applications use JavaScript code so that when you click on something, you
> get immediate feedback, rather than waiting for the web server to send you a
> new page at its own leisurely pace. When they do need more information from
> the server, they often download the small fragment they need, rather than
> waiting for the server to build a whole new page. The net result is faster,
> crisper feedback that makes you feel in control and creates "subjective
> well-being," a.k.a. happiness, a feeling that is biochemically NO DIFFERENT
> THAN EATING LARGE QUANTITIES OF CHOCOLATE.
> >
> > Just a minute... I have to pause for some fact checking ...
> >
> > ... ok, I'm back. To summarize, Ajax = Chocolate = Happiness, and so we
> knew, when we started planning FogBugz 5.0, that Ajax features would be an
> important part of this release.
>
>
>
> On 5/17/06, Khalid B <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
> > Google released their Google Web Toolkit.
> >
> > It allows AJAX development in Java (yes, you read that right!)
> >
> > http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/
> >
> > Slashdot discussion
> >
> http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/17/127214
> >
> > Digg
> >
> http://digg.com/programming/New_Google_tool_compiles_Java_to_AJAX
> >
>
>


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