Harnessing J2EE for Ajax

The development of Ajax has spawned the development of different programs and platforms towards compatibility with the coding technique. Almost every software and application boasts when they have achieved of creating a program that’s Ajax based. Software upgrades even for those perceived to be a little bit off Ajax has also been developed to harness Ajax. One of those programs that are a little bit off is J2EE. Stands for Java 2 Enterprise Edition, this platform was specifically created for Java – which is entirely different with JavaScript. The latter coding language is the heart and soul of any Ajax application so running a platform that was made for a different coding language is a challenge. But before continuing, why push for J2EE when you have other JavaScript platforms that could work? Although built for Java, J2EE has very powerful factors especially in handling thousands or even millions of requests. Considering Ajax is always a constant call to the server, it makes perfect sense to use J2EE as the platform for Ajax based applications. If you want to use J2EE for your Ajax based program, the first thing you should do is to have a “converter” for your application. Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is known to convert the Java for a more user friendly JavaScript. The end result of the toolkit is an Ajax based application although you created a program using a more familiar Java Program. You can use GWT for the application since it has been known to be very friendly with the J2EE. The platform will easily acknowledge the commands that were created using the toolkit. There are those that can actually code directly to J2EE for an Ajax based application the toolkit is only provided for those who might want to have an “automated” result. There is always a disadvantage in automated codes since you do not know what really was made since it’s all assumption based on what you have placed there as an input. If you code manually, that will definitely take time but you have more control on what you could do and what is the expected response from the server and other points of the program. Coding is just one half of harnessing J2EE for Ajax. The next step you should do is to configure J2EE for the server. By default J2EE is a powerful platform. However, if you leave it as it is, there is a possibility that your server will crash especially when your hardware capacity is not at par with the users. After getting J2EE done, you should configure the platform to minimize the number of requests so that Ajax could stay as it is. Although requests will be slowed down, it will definitely save your server from crashing. Everything crumbles without the server so saving it should be among the top priorities. There is always an option to upgrade the hardware in your server if you expect something like this will happen. That of course is already a business decision which should be discussed thoroughly with the management.