Adam Breindel is a lead engineer at IndustryNext, responsible for architecture and delivery of RIAs. An early adopter of AJAX, he built an AJAX media library/player for startup Mediabolic in 2000. Adam has also tackled integration and mobile challenges, enabling web and mobile access to United Airlines' 40-year-old mainframe.
Those startups have it easy. Okay, startups don't have it easy where
products, funding, customers, or revenue are concerned. But when it comes to
building slick AJAX applications, if you're an enterprise developer, you have
a lot more to worry about than they do. This article discusses the challenges
to developing AJAX applications in the enterprise environment, how to adapt
to handle those challenges, as well as ways you can avoid some challenges
altogether through your choice of technologies.
Key Differences Between Startup Development and Enterprise Development
Let's begin by asking, "Why do startup AJAX developers have a leg up on
enterprise developers?"
There are two reasons:
1. Startup applications are, by definition, new, or "green-field,"
projects: there are no o... (more)
Adam Breindel is a lead engineer at IndustryNext, responsible for architecture and delivery of RIAs. An early adopter of AJAX, he built an AJAX media library/player for startup Mediabolic in 2000. Adam has also tackled integration and mobile challenges, enabling web and mobile access to United Airlines' 40-year-old mainframe.
Bob Snyder
Jacques Durand
Alf Pilgrim
Per Sjofors
Kirsten Lytsen
Data Recovery Services
Colin Armitage
