With Direct Web Remoting (DWR) unnecessary complexity is a bug Direct Web Remoting (DWR) creator Joe Walker talks to IndicThreads about Ajax toolkits for Java, the capabilities of DWR and the new features lined up. He feels that the key differentiator for DWR as an Ajax framework is that it is mostly about remoting and not widgets. He adds that one of the important benefits of using DWR is that unlike many other frameworks, DWR will fit with any project without the need to start from scratch.

The Ajax wave has led to the emergence of several Ajax frameworks over the past year or so, each promising to make Ajax development simple and reliable. So while developers are just about coming to terms with the concept of Ajax, they now encounter the question of which Ajax framework to use.

Backbase is one of the leaders in the Ajax market, with specialized Ajax offerings for Java as well as .NET.

In this interview Mark Schiefelbein of Backbase talks about various Ajax application development issues like security and compatibility. He also tells us about the features of Backbase’s product as compared to
other Ajax frameworks.

In this interview, Dave Crane not only talks about Ajax but also about how Ajax can fit into the kind of applications and frameworks we are used to working with today. He also tells us why he feels Ajax has become so popular in such a short time and what lies in the future for Java based Ajax development.Dave is the author of “Ajax in Action” and has been working with Ajax technologies for several years.

IndicThreads >> Hi Dave. Congratulations on the publication of your book “Ajax In Action”. Could you tell us a little more about yourself and your involvement in Ajax?