I decided to look into AJAX for a class I’m teaching at Interop in New York this week. And it was an interesting project. I’ve talked to some of the guys that popularized it, as well as people who’ve written in it, and everyone seems consumed with how great, how flexible, how versatile it is. But few people have looked into the impact it has on networks. (One notable exception is Jep Castelein of Backbase.)
Now, I’m a pretty pragmatic guy; and I can’t code to save my life. But I’ve talked to lots of folks about running large-scale web applications, and there are some fairly basic things that they worry about. Availability, for example. Simply making sure that the site works reasonably quickly for everyone. And maintainability—so that when it does break, we can fix it.
Just back from this great talk at Interop in New York and here’s what I learned
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