It does not matter whether you opened this chapter after having read the major part of the book or whether you ended up here out of curiosity while looking through the table of contents; you are probably curious to know how the Backbase AJAX framework compares to the other similar frameworks.
We will start the chapter with an attempt to classify the multiple solutions used today to build interactive websites and client-side applications. By doing a drill-down, we will approach the category to which we believe the Backbase AJAX framework belongs and from which the candidates for a more detailed comparison will be picked up. To make a fair comparison, we will eliminate any server-side frameworks, client-side libraries, and application frameworks—this is why you won't see GWT, JSF, jQuery, or PureMVC in the final comparison.
Note
The libraries and frameworks mentioned in this comparison are very briefly described at the end of this chapter.
Also, at the end of this...