Wt - Another Server-Side Ajax Framework, This Time in C++

Dietrich Kappe, Thursday, March 22, 2007 @ 6:00 am

We've had two server-side Ajax frameworks for a while now -- Echo2 and ZK -- that tranform web development into desktop GUI development. Now add a third: Wt, or "Witty" as it's known (here for tutorial), is a C++ framework. From the tutorial above, a classic manifesto of the server-side Ajax framework:

Because the API of Wt makes abstraction of the underlying technologies (Forms, JavaScript or AJAX), Wt chooses how to communicate with the web browser depending on technology support in the browser. The responsibility for making the application work in the jungle of web browsers is therefore also transferred from the application developers to the library developers.

The framework has most of the usual widgets and behaviors, including a tree widget and drag and drop.

Now my last serious C++ project was in institutional mutual fund trading system back in 1998, so I'm as rusty as Davey Jones' belt buckle when it comes to that language. To top it all off, I have Java and C# running through my brain, so I'm likely to introduce illigitimate syntax from these close cousins; but I know there are still plenty of talented and experienced programmers out there working with C++. More importantly, three frameworks officially makes for a trend, which means server-side component GUI frameworks are officially a "good idea."

 
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