WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0 Feature Pack for Web 2.0
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Feature Pack for Web 2.0

The Feature Pack for Web 2.0 is an optionally installable product extension for IBM WebSphere Application Server Version 7.x that offers targeted, incremental new features that can make your Web applications running on WebSphere Application Server easier to use.

This feature pack extends Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) by connecting external Web services, internal SOA services, and Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (JEE) objects into highly-interactive Web application interfaces. To reduce information technology (IT) costs and speed time to market, the Feature Pack for Web 2.0 provides a supported, best-in-class Ajax development toolkit for WebSphere Application Server.

Ajax is an open technique for creating rich user experiences in Web-based applications that does not require additional browser plug-ins. Ajax interfaces result in increased customer satisfaction and line of business productivity by streamlining end-user interaction with Web-based applications.

Feature Pack for Web 2.0 highlights:

With Ajax, the interaction model for Web applications has become more robust, like desktop applications, with continuous interaction and improved usability. Some of the benefits of adding Ajax capabilities to your applications include:

Unlike other rich Web user interface approaches, Ajax applications leverage standard browser features and do not require browser plug-ins.

New functionality

The following new technologies in Ajax client run time exist:

The following new technologies in Java libraries exist:

The two Ajax samples packaged for ease-of-use in Eclipse 3.2.2 development environment demonstrate the enhancements that Ajax adds to user experience.

Supported platforms:
Prerequisite Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) include one of the following products:
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