AJAX Engineering
As more companies begin to implement AJAX technology, many are learning (the hard way) that developing Rich Interface Applications (RIA) is much different than traditional web development.
- Different architecture, tools, and skillsets
- Different build environment and testing strategy
- TOTALLY different project schedule and cost
Active Wire has proven experience developing sophisticated AJAX webapps for large customers like SunTrust Bank, Arbitron, XM Radio, & Moore Wallace. Our engineers have hands-on experience with all facets of AJAX development:
- Standards-based presentation using XHTML and CSS
- Dynamic display and interaction using the Document Object Model;
- Page construction methods (single-page versus multi-page)
- Emerging JavaScript frameworks/toolkits (Prototype,Dojo,Scriptaculous etc)
- Browser bugs, memory issues, compatibility
- Client-side domain modelling
- Asynchronous data retrieval using XMLHttpRequest (XML, JSON, DWR)
- Unit, integration, and functional testing techniques
- JavaScript compression and obfuscation