Hi Everyone I just have had a discussion with my boss with regards to why he prefers the way of using a "push" mechanism "microsoft.xmlhttp" to return data to client. (Client's browser doesn't reload when response is returned :) )
We are based in a very MS environment as you can see but he has been going the "push" mechanism way for some time now. (ASP functions are called up via send() request function of JavaScript MS xmlhttp comp.) I'm trying to convince him that framework such as Struts is the answer to many of our problems. The main issue to him is the extra overhead constraint on bandwidth. We are based in South Africa, Cape Town and the bandwidth here is quite poor hence he would like to lower the roundtrip cost. Example: We have a system that has a tree view of data. Now as a tree, he would like to keep the previously opened branches open while the new one is pushed into the clients browser by the server hence only the newly expanded branch will be returned as a response from the server. Also note that he as a MS slave doesn't give a dam about platform independency, not even multiple browser support. (Sad I know!) Also with regards to security, he implies that we run our applications in a very friendly environment, so people won't try to disable clientside JavaScript validation as an example. It doesn't seem like a major issue either. Development time-frame seems to be a big issue too. I just can seem to convince him of the actual benefits of using Struts even damn ASP.NET compared to his method of using a 2 tiered system with push mechanism. So anyone PLEASE help me get the benefit across to him!!! I would like to put it into a table format or something for him to be able to scan through. >From some experience in Struts I have got the real feel for the benefit of using Struts / MVC based framework but I still can't seem to explain well to him the main reason why he should convert!!! :( Hope to hear from you guys soon. Best Regards --Alen --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
