Slide 1Slide 2Slide 3Slide 4Slide 5Slide 6Introducing Echo●The main site:–http://echo.nextapp.com/site/ ●Echo2 site (the stable version of Echo):–http://echo.nextapp.com/site/echo2 ●Curious about a demo of Echo2?–http://demo.nextapp.com/Demo/appIntroducing Echo●platform for building web-based applications (AJAX)–actually an acronym for "Asynchronous JavaScript and XML"●represents the combined use of XHTML, CSS, DOM Manipulation, XML/XSLT, JavaScript, and XML HttpRequest–entirely Java-based API for application development●open-source software–licensed under Mozilla Public License●http://echo.nextapp.com/site/license/mplServices of Echo2●Advantages–Saves a fair amount of coding●Offered Controls–Window Panes–Split Panes–Color choosers–Tool Tips–Animation/Background Transition effects–... and more!!!–Little tweaks for browser compatibility ●not your problem to worry about●Disadvantages–'This is Hello World and I'm already lost.'–It's an application server and a client-side scripter●which requires you to install Tomcat (not necessary for Echo3)–Documentation is sub-standard in parts●Broken links in documentationA High-Level Diagram●The "Application Framework"– provides an API● used to represent and manage the state of an application and its user interface–doesn't provide any capability for rendering a user interface to HTML or any capabilities for communicating with Web browsersDemo Time!!!●Before we start the
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