Ajax Integration Strategies

Building an Ajax based application is a little bit difficult for those who are not proficient in JavaScript. However, with the help of frameworks, developers could easily build an Ajax application with little to no JavaScript.

That has opened doors for different developers. Their ideas for building a highly efficient application by using as little resource as possible are realized with the use of framework. Although familiarization with framework is still a requirement, framework has practically cut the main concern of non-JavaScript developers and that is learning JavaScript from the scratch.

Developers who are planning to build an Ajax based application have to choose an integration strategy. All of them are practically the same and it could be chosen based on the preference of the development team. Developers could use frameworks that use visual interaction while there are frameworks that require HTML coding. Lastly, there are frameworks that focus on the client side wherein the server is used to control the application.

Integration through Tooling

Simply put, this type of integration is a lot easier compared to other integration strategies. This type of framework comes with a high level of interface and instead of actual coding; developers could use different functions from the framework and just drag them to build an actual application.

Developers could just point certain parameters to the function that comes with the visual tool to build an Ajax based application. The framework will automatically build the JavaScript counterpart of the application. Eventually, the Ajax application will be built by the framework. No JavaScript is required and it takes less amount of time to build the application.

Customization however, is a little bit difficult since developers are going to work with already specific functions.

Integration through Helper Tags

If you need more functions and customization; helper tags for integration maybe just right for you. Instead of using the same set of functions through visual interface, developers could invoke specific functions from the server using HTML.

By using HTML, developers could easily build an application without using JavaScript in their application. This lowers the necessity of building an application with a very long code. By simply invoking HTML, developers could create as many functions as they can.

However, the problem of invoking HTML is also in its simplicity. Hackers who could figure out that the application is built using HTML, could create an attack that could use the tags to invoke a function outside the application and infiltrate the server.

Integration through Remote Web Control

By building an application through remote coding, developers will build the application in their preferred web language. This is done in the server and the framework translates the coding to JavaScript and will be rendered as an Ajax application.

Developers could practically do anything that they want with the application since they will be translated to JavaScript in the client side. Although it requires a lot of time and testing for development, translating the application to Ajax is worth it.

By building an application through framework, developers could quickly build an application. By using different integration tools, developers will have a free choice on what type of development they would have in building an application.