Approaching Degradable Ajax

Degradable Ajax is a highly efficient technique used by developers to ensure compatibility in any platform and medium. From regular browsers to mobile phones, degradable Ajax ensures that the application will be rendered and will have the same interactivity.

Most of the mobile phones today cannot read JavaScript. Although there is a surge of sales of iPhone, HTC and other high end mobile phones, these mobile phones constitute less than 5% of the mobile phones used today.

Other mobile phones still relies on the mobile version of the website for easy interaction. Degradable Ajax assures mobile users and users who do not want to use JavaScript in their computers to access different websites.

Starting Off Without JavaScript

Developing a website or application with degradable Ajax should start with raw coding without any use of JavaScript. This will become the foundation of JavaScript and the Ajax based application.

This will be very tedious but this first step ensures that the application will be read by mobile phones and computers with JavaScript switched off.

This will also create an advantage to users especially on security. As JavaScript is switched off, attacks will be minimized as JavaScript has been limited to design.

One of the struggles developers will have to face in degradable Ajax is the unavailability of different functions of JavaScript.

Developers will not have access to functions such as the “onclick” and “divs” function which are the usual component for Ajax and JavaScript. These are essential functions that will make up a highly efficient Ajax based application.

But there is an alternative. The traditional click functions and input functions could still be used. This is actually a work around as availability of different functions is still there. It is going to be difficult but alternatives are there.

Developers would just have to create a technique on how to build the application without using JavaScript functions.

Standardization

Developing a degradable Ajax based application will increasingly rely on standards. HTML, PHP and other related programming languages have to conform with W3C more when it comes to degradable Ajax.

Unfortunately, Ajax is still being pushed for further acceptance and as of this writing; the story of Ajax’s standardization is still not there. So instead of focusing on JavaScript, the degradable Ajax will focus on its programming language that should conform to W3C standards.

Developers would have to work with HTML and simpler programming languages first to enable the build-up of an Ajax based application.

No JavaScript at All

A regular Ajax based application always starts with JavaScript with other programming languages following the trend set by JavaScript. Degradable Ajax does not have this outlook as it starts off with simpler programming languages with JavaScript following the trend set by simpler programming languages.

In fact, it is even better to build an application from the scratch with absolutely no JavaScript at all.

With the help of degradable Ajax, developers could increase accessibility of Ajax applications. You should be able to build a very powerful type of application with little challenge but with the increased accessibility especially for mobile phones.