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Object instantiation is important for Ajax since it increases the loading time of its functions. Developers have to work with objects most of the time since the objects should be able to determine the behavior of the functions as well as its performance. However, the number of objects in an Ajax application will never mean that the function will work faster. There are certain tricks that the developer could do to ensure that the objects will work for the optimization of the application instead of being a burden.
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Latency in the client side should be reduced or even prevented as possible. More often than not, users will have to deal with latency because of different factors. It could be on the bandwidth of the user, the server problem or just the coding of the application. Any of these factors could be the cause of latency. However, the first two factors could be easily optimized since it is just the hardware or bandwidth requirement of the user and the server. On the other hand, coding of the application especially on an Ajax based website is a little bit difficult to optimize to prevent further latency.
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Optimizing files for Ajax is essential for building an Ajax based application. Every developer wants to their online application to be accessible to as many users as possible. By building a lightweight application, they ensure that any user – whether they are running with the highest bandwidth possible or just through dial up, could easily access their Ajax based website. Although websites could still run and be light without the file optimization, the interactivity and the aesthetic beauty of the website is just not there since so many things are sacrificed just to build an interactive and fully functional website. But with optimization, sacrificing user interaction for the sake of access will never happen.
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Flash could be seen everywhere. Our online videos are usually rendered in flash, there are simple flash games that we can enjoy and it is used to provide a highly interactive website. Flash even beats Java in loading times. But Flash is often thought as just another eye-candy application that has become essential for online use. JavaScript on the other hand is a client side web development language that has become the pillar of an Ajax based web technique. The popularity of Ajax is obvious today because Ajax based websites, frameworks and tools are growing exponentially. More and more developers are becoming interested in JavaScript and on how to properly use their preferred web development language through the framework.
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MySql is a very powerful database application that is frequently used for websites. Because of its ability to adapt to different web languages, MySql is found almost everywhere. From the very small websites to highly complicated web based applications, MySql could easily handle the database management demands of any company or business. Although it could be used in any development language, porting the data from MySql to Ajax is a little bit of a challenge. Updating the Ajax webpage could be easily done by adding a code that frequently checks on MySql and relays the information to the client. But this will cause a bandwidth problem and data management could not be really achieved since no user input is being made. Although streaming data is very easy with the use of Ajax, you cannot just sacrifice bandwidth just to have an easy application. The use of database should have user interaction so that the data extracted is correct without sacrificing too much bandwidth.
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Microsoft Silverlight and Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) are RIA platforms that are usually compared to the capabilities of Ajax. Although this is a little bit unfair for these platforms because Ajax is a collection of web language and not a proprietary platform, Ajax has been heavily identified with Google especially with their release of Gears. Although Google Gears have been used by many and supported by most developers because of its open source persona, there are developers who have found Silverlight or AIR as their platform of choice. These two platforms (Silverlight and AIR) are constantly being compared especially on user experience. These platforms could provide RIA experience that’s almost unrivaled. The aesthetic experience of Microsoft and AIR is even better when you compare to most plug-ins powered by Google Gears.
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The latest version of ASP.Net is regarded as one of the best framework for Ajax today. Its ability to integrated different functions is almost second to none giving developers more functions to work with for better customization. There are also independent applications that could be integrated to the ASP.Net giving developers even more functions. The options are virtually endless when you use ASP.Net when you build an Ajax based website with this framework. However, the complexity of Ajax based applications with ASP.Net has its downsides. As we grow accustomed to complicated online applications, developers are forced to write very long codes which means complicated functions of ASP.Net will work but it will take a long time before it is actually implemented.
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One of the most important aspects in an Ajax based website is ensuring speed despite the high content within a low bandwidth setting. The connection between the client and the server should be fast and execution of command should be flawless. This is possible in Ajax based applications especially for applications that have a strong server support. Without a strong server support such as the physical properties of the server and its configuration, the Ajax based application would just be a slow application.
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Building an Ajax based application does not require the developer to know a single we development language only. Besides JavaScript, developers have to master XML, PHP and other languages that are integrated with the website. Because of the combination of web languages, Ajax based applications are a lot more difficult to built. That is why web developers are turning to different frameworks since it could help them build Ajax based applications without the hassle of JavaScript. All they need to do is to be proficient with their language and adopt a framework built specifically to their expertise. With the use of the framework, the requirement for JavaScript can even be reduced to none.
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Ajax has been long glorified as the next step for web development and this fact has been backed up by many developers and software companies worldwide. Any application that you see today aims to retool itself as an Ajax based application. Every software development tool also aims to help the developers build an Ajax based application and the number of frameworks developed to build Ajax without the need to code JavaScript is increasing everyday.
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