One of
the reasons for not using an Ajax framework could be the non-availability
of an integrated development environment (IDE) that integrates the Ajax
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frameworks with web applications and provides other web application
development features such as support for Java Database Connectivity
(JDBC) for developing an Ajax based web application.
Various Ajax plugins such as Googlipse, EchoStudio 2, Yet Another
GWT Plugin, and Backbase are available for Eclipse, but these plugins are
framework specific. Thus, a different plugin has to be installed if a
different Ajax framework is required to be used. Also, Eclipse does not
have a built-in support for JDBC and most Ajax applications are database
based.
We have used Oracle JDeveloper for Ajax, because JDeveloper has the
following advantages over Eclipse.
1. JDeveloper 11g provides an integrated JavaScript Editor for
Ajax/Web development.
2. JDeveloper provides a PHP extension, which may be used to develop
Ajax applications with PHP; PHP being one of the most commonly
used scripting languages on the web.
3. JDeveloper supports JSF. JSF GUI components may be selected from
a JSF Component Palette and added to an Ajax web application.
4. JDeveloper has a built-in support for JDBC, which is a requirement
for database based Ajax applications.
5. JDeveloper includes an embedded application server, the Oracle
Container for Java EE (OC4J) server.
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