Summing up
July 26, 1999
So as you can see, though there are quite a few technologies
that fit into the GUI Layer, they are all tied together by the
thread of widgets. All GUI Layer technologies focus on the
presentation and manipulation of widgets on the client side.
However, at some point in the life of most web applications, the
developer must send the information collected by the user from
the GUI widgets, to the more powerful backend web
server for processing. To do this, the developer must access
the web server using the communication technologies provided by
the web browser and web server. This involves passing through
the Communications Layer.
This Communication Layer is the focus of the next section.....
Exposing the Document with the DOM and dHTML
Introduction to the Web Application Development Environment (Tools)
Introduction to the Web Application Development Environment
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