Exercise 7: Application server platforms in e-commerce

1. Why is the perception getting stronger that integration will become a critical factor in coming days?

The application which has stronger integration will be able to connect or link to each other. For example: Microsoft.net framework.


2. What is the relationship of AJAX to JQuery (jquery.com) and the lightweight Web 2.0 javascript framework called MooTools (mootools.net) within the enterprise software architecture?

Ajax is defined is a group of interrelated web development techniques which are used on the client side, this help web application can get data from server without reloading the existing page.
According to Wikipedia said that JQuery is free software that works on interaction between JavaScript and HTML. Therefore, it allows adding AJAX to application by using JavaScript libraries.
Wikipedia also mentions that MooTools which is open source software (by using AJAX and JavaScript as a framework) uses object-oriented programming JavaScript that helps web developer can write browser JavaScript more flexible and efficient.


References

Wikipedia (n.d.). Ajax (programming). Retrieved 14 October 2009 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_%28programming%29
Wikipedia (n.d.). Jquery. Retrieved 14 October 2009 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JQuery
Wikipedia (n.d.).Mootools. Retrieved 14 October 2009 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MooTools

3. What are the similarities between the object-oriented development using model-view-controller (MVC) in Ruby on Rails 2.0 and Action Script 2.0 (Flash animations)?

Ruby on Rails 2.0 and Action Script 2.0 (Flash animations) are using data structures and method to design applications and both are object-oriented programming language.
Ruby on rails 2.0 use model-view-controller (MVC) to provide scaffolding to construct the models and views for website.
Action Script 2.0 as Moock (2004) mentions that it improves object-oriented programming by using syntax and methodology. Furthermore, Action Script 2.0 is also support tradition object-oriented features such as providing class keyword for creating class and extends.


References

Moock, C. (2004). Action script 2.0 overview. Retrieved 14 October 2009 from http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/Flash/ActionScript-2-0-Overview/

Wikipedia. (n.d.). Ruby on rails. Retrieved 14 October 2009 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_on_Rails


4. What does it mean to develop RESTful practices into our web applications

RESTful is confirmed as the Representational state transfer (REST) constraints.
According to Wikipedia, REST which is style of software architecture that consists of clients and servers used for distributed hypermedia systems such as the World Wide Web (WWW). Besides, Wikipedia also shows that “REST helps to identify existing problems to ensure that protocol extensions would not violate the core constraints that make the Web successful.”

References

Wikipedia (n.d.). Representational State Transfer. Retrieved 14 October 2009 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_State_Transfer