This technology combines the rich controls of OpenLaszlo with the client-side “model-view-controller” architecture of FacesClient components by enabling OpenLaszlo applications to participate in client-side data sharing. Development of Web applications using Faces for Laszlo is made possible through a JSF/JSP (JavaTM Server Faces/Java Server Pages) custom tag library and results in a rich user experience on the browser that looks and feels like a native application. OpenLaszlo is a rich Internet application platform consisting of a mark-up language (LZX) and the OpenLaszlo Presentation Server (LPS). Together, they streamline the creation of rich, Flash-based, applications. FacesClient Components enhance a Web application’s user experience by maximizing user interaction and minimizing round trips back to the server. Server-side application data is made available to the browser as a JavaScript data model, which is shared by Web page controls that can perform and reflect changes to it. This technology is part of the Emerging Technologies Toolkit (ETTK), a special collection of emerging technologies from IBM’s software development and research labs.
