The Web 2.0 and Mobile Toolkit is an optionally installable product for IBM® WebSphere® Application Server Version 8.5 that offers targeted, incremental new features that can make your web applications running on WebSphere Application Server easier to use. With this toolkit, WebSphere Application Server applications that were originally developed for desktop browsers can now be adapted and deployed to mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets.
Web 2.0 and Mobile Toolkit extends Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) by connecting external web services, internal SOA services, and Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) objects into highly interactive web application interfaces. To reduce information technology (IT) costs and speed time to market, the Web 2.0 and Mobile Toolkit 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 user interaction with web-based applications.
Web 2.0 and Mobile Toolkit highlights:
Unlike other rich web user interface approaches, Ajax applications use standard browser features and do not require browser plug-ins.
Functionality
Web 2.0 and Mobile Toolkit includes Mobile Application Services. REST-based mobile and rich Internet application (RIA) building blocks are provided to simplify the creation of mobile-focused applications. The building blocks include the following features: