Java session focuses on Web app obstacles

While there is a lot that I do like about Java, there is no question that there are obstacles that will need to be overcome in order for it to remain useful as a Web application tool. And now that AJAX is out there, Java has more challenges than ever.

Las Vegas — Obstacles to developing Web applications was a critical issue on the minds of Java developers at TheServerside Java Symposium on Thursday.

Web application development technologies include scripting offerings such as AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript plus XML) and frameworks such as JavaServer Faces, Struts and Tapestry.

Audience members and panelists, during an opening interactive session, focused primarily on issues with AJAX, although a need to boost programmer productivity in Java in general also was cited.

One attendee predicted AJAX and POJOs (Plain Old Java Objects) would make a big difference in building of Web applications. Also, symposium panelist Patrick Linskey, an engineer at BEA Systems (Profile, Products, Articles), predicted that in 2006, someone will find a meaningful way to wire up a server-side AJAX framework with a non-browser-based client side. “That’s where I think Web 2.0 starts to get really interesting,” said Linskey, who had been the CTO at SolarMetric, which was acquired by BEA. Source: InfoWorld

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