In this rather theoretical chapter, we have shown you a way to look at the various JavaScript frameworks available and how to categorize them.
As a result of our comparison, we showed some benefits of using the Backbase framework:
XML-based UI layout technology
Standards-based APIs
Extensibility: TDL is a powerful and object-oriented mechanism to create new components
Server agnostic framework, although products exist for the Java environment specifically
Longer term viability: Technologies enabled in Backbase are more likely to stay for longer
There are some points to watch out for concerning the Backbase framework:
XML-based resources (such as TDL bindings) cannot be served from a third domain
Application markup is hardly accessible for Internet crawlers
Does not fit traditional website creation, which actually is also a benefit
We illustrated the difference in coding style for a pure JavaScript framework as opposed to the Backbase framework using XML for UI layout. We also illustrated how...