Selecting a rich user interface technology

User interface is one of the key external visible faces for any application. Getting the user interface design right and picking up a rich user interface technology is the key for a successful project. Selecting a Rich user interface technology depends on various criteria. In my view, some of key criteria for selecting a Rich user interface technology include the following -

Tooling and debug environment. Remoting technology support. Support for unit…

Looking at Apache Wink JAX-RS framework

Apache Wink is a Java based framework for building RESTful applications. It provides implementation of JAX-RS specification and is currently under Apache incubation.

Apache wink provides a service module for developing JAX-RS compatible RESTful services and client modules for creating RESTful clients. Apart from JAX-RS standard representations, Apache Wink provides and ability to expose resources using various representations formats like RSS, Atom and CSS formats.

From the official site -

“Apache Wink…

AJAX and Web 2.O Tutorial

AJAX enables a dynamic, asynchronous Web experience without the need for page refreshes. It incorporates the following technologies:

XHTML and CSS provide a standards-based presentation. Document Object Model (DOM) provides dynamic display and interaction. XML and XSLT provide data interchange and manipulation. XMLHttpRequest provides asynchronous data retrieval. JavaScript binds everything together.

The core of AJAX technology is a JavaScript object: XMLHttpRequest. This object is supplied through browser implementations — first…