An old programming language has made a spectacular comeback and is now at the center of many of the Web’s more interesting applications. Yes, JavaScript is back, and it is time for those VARs and system integrators to take another look. You can read my article in eWeek’s Strategic Partner here.
Here are the programming frameworks that I mentioned in the article:
- Ajile (Advanced JavaScript Importing & Loading Extension)
- Scriptaculous and Prototype
- JQuery
- JavaScript Object Notation
- Google Gears
- Yahoo User Interface Library
- Direct Web Remoting
- Ruby on Rails
A much better, longer and more thoughtful take on the future of Web development can be found here at CIO.com by Esther Schindler.