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Java is one of the most popular coding languages. Website developers and software engineers choose this language to create Rich Internet Applications. But with the popularity of Ajax, developers are now thinking twice about the language as Ajax requires JavaScript instead of Java. But instead of jumping over to JavaScript, there are actually frameworks that you can use that actually accept Java and translate or embed them with JavaScript to enable Ajax. We all know Google does that with their Google Web Toolkit, but aside from GWT there are other frameworks that you should consider which works just fine or even better with GWT. Check out these frameworks. You may be familiar with them so we’ll outline how you could use them in actual settings.

1. BACKBASE – One of the highly regarded Ajax framework as it smartly integrates Java programming. The enterprise edition is more than enough for any developer to create strong Ajax based programs. Developers could even control the server using Java. It also has a portal dedicated to the language so that developers could easily integrate the already create Java programs to Ajax. Aside from Java but really notable is the WYSIWYG builder. Through the Eclipse enabled Visual Ajax Builder, Rich Internet Applications is as easy as creating an HTML-based program.
2. BindowFaces – Cleverly using Java through JSF, developers could easily create Java program and render it in Ajax. Although developers who wants to use BindowFaces are required to be familiar with JSF, learning could actually be done while developing the program. BindowFaces, like BACKBASE could easily be used in creating programs that are highly complicated. The framework is also cross-browser so there’s no need to create a separate coding for different browsers. Along with cross-browser compatibility, it comes with more than 500 pre-loaded web applications that can be used when launched.
3. ItsNat – Not as popular with other frameworks that were previously mentioned, ItsNat is an open source Java Ajax framework that will basically answer the need of any developer who doesn’t want to delve into JavaScript development. Although it has limitations such as free control of JavaScript development, if you’re not really familiar with JavaScript or anything at all except for small HTML, you’ll be able to create Ajax based programs freely.
4. Echo 2 – Even for the smartest Java developer can’t easily create an Ajax based program if he/she created a program right from the scratch using only JavaScript. However, that all changes with Echo 2. This open source program is very simple to use and could actually switch from Java to JavaScript with a simple switch. That means developers who are fairly familiar with JavaScript could actually code the program in Java and check the program in actual JavaScript to ensure that the program is built according to specifications.

These are the programs that you should consider if you’re considering to use other programs besides GWT. Although Google’s toolkit is something that you should consider always, these programs offer alternatives for effectively rendering an Ajax based program using only Java.