TCF 2nd Professional Conference
Development Track
Architecting with Ajax
Abstract : In their Dec 2006 issue, JDJ (the # 1 i-Technology Magazine in the World) had 14 of their editors predict where i-Technology was headed in 2007. Half of those editors cited AJAX and/or Web2.0 as key technologies in the coming year. While Ajax's recent rise from obscurity to prominence was most notably demonstrated in some of the applications arising from the Google Laboratories (most notably Google Maps, Google Suggest and Google Mail) as well as other Web Applications, Ajax has actually been around in pretty much it's current format since about 2002. The basic concept of remote scripting as done by Ajax has actually been available, in one form or another since Internet Explorer version 3 in 1996. But like most new technologies or techniques, Ajax has its limitations as well. Ajax can be used to vastly improve the usability of Web Applications almost to the point of seeming to be normal desktop applications. We will examine how a Web application can be architected using Ajax as well as places where Ajax should not be used. Bio : Mike Barlow has been involved in many aspects of the computer industry since the early 80's and has most recently settled on Web Application Architecture. Over the last decade Mike has been involved in the architecting and development of Intranet sites for a number of Fortune 100 companies, ranging from some of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world to some of the biggest sports companies in the US. Mike is currently working as a government contractor at Fort Monmouth in Eatontown, NJ. |