AJAX and Client-Server Architecture with JavaScript

Question

I have to program websites, but I rather don\'t like the static HTML nature. I prefer more of a client-server architecture.

Now I\'ve figured, that with XMLhttp, you can

Answer 1

Based upon the REST architecture the html system is based upon, the servers role is to simply act as a resource for the client to pull from. I am generalizing but there are tools to implement this type of action on the client side, rather than on the server side.

You are better off writing/using a library that can request updates from the server periodically. You can encapsulate these types of requests in a javascript object that can fire events. This way your client side script can act like it's getting notified from the server. Review some common stuff with COMET you can probably find some tools to help you client side code.

HTML 5 has some tentative attempts at this type of functionality, but if you want your app to work on older browsers, your better off using more stable methods, like AJAX requested updates.