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Aptana’s release of Jaxer revives a beautiful opportunity to use the same language on the server as in the browser when developing AJAX applications. With Jaxer server-side programming can be conducted in HTML/DOM, CSS and Javascript. This is welcome news for anyone who’s struggled with writing code that writes code that writes content while escaping escaped strings. Working in a single language is appealing as is the prospect of producing a small, complete application in a single file.

Jaxer Architecture Overview | Aptana via kwout

There is still plenty of room for those who like layers in their frameworks. Jaxter files themselves can be dynamic pages generated on the fly by PHP, Ruby, Java etc.

Jaxer Architecture Overview | Aptana via kwout

Aptana’s distribution of the technology was given a kick start through the inclusion of a Jaxer server and development environment in the latest RadRails update. The constant presence of the Jaxer button in my Eclipse IDE is a strong reminder that I have something new to experiment with.

Though I have to admit to a little nostalgia for Netscape’s LiveWire.

Server-side JavaScript – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia via kwout

If you’ve ever looked at a website, liked what you’ve seen and wanted to build one just like it, this is the tool for you.

Technology Profile for twit.tv via kwout

Feed BuiltWith a domain and it will probe the site to tell you what it runs on and what components it uses with brief explanations of the technologies and some indicative statistics about their popularity.