What can JDA do for you?

You would like to create a highly interactive Web application using DHTML and AJAX. Maybe even a mash up? Let's pretend that you're contemplating the use of JDA for your next project. What benefit is it going have?

Hate reading? How about some videos?

• WIPER Demo (A visual mash up builder built using JDA for JDA) [ [Hi-Fi Quicktime Movie] | Lo-Fi Google Video ]
• JDA Demo 1 - building a popurls-like mash up [ [Hi-Fi Quicktime Movie] | Lo-Fi Google Video ]
• JDA Demo 2 - building a map and local search mash up [ [Hi-fi Quicktime Movie]| Lo-Fi Google Video ]

Don't mind reading? Here are some bullets

If you're a developer

It will allow you to ...

• fully package your javascript code as a plug-n-play blackbox module without worrying about namespaces
• dynamically load the javascript module and know exactly when it has finished loading
• easily publish your finished component on the Web for automatic indexing by Google
• distribute your component by putting up a few lines of HTML code that can be copied and pasted by consumers.
• quickly visualize and document (using a separate tool) the component architectue of your client-facing Web application
• grow your own library of highly reusable javascript components
• engage in rapid prototyping rich Web applications by just copying-and-pasting HTML
• think seriously about architectural design of Web applications
• help foster the growth of an open marketplace / ecosystem full of reusable javascript components

If you're a designer

It will allow you to ...

• script the interaction of the Web application without the need to write a single line of javascript
• engage in rapid prototyping rich Web applications by just copying-and-pasting HTML
• not have a single line of javascript show up on your HTML page while employing all the latest DHTML and AJAX techniques
• take full control of the visual design, interaction design as well as HTML markup while working with a developer
• help foster the growth of an open marketplace / ecosystem full of reusable javascript components

If you're a manager

It will allow you to ...

• grow a library of highly reusable javascript components that can save time and money in other projects
• provide a better division of labor between designers and developers
• quickly visualize and document (using a separate tool) the component architectue of your client-facing Web application

For post-modern individuals in general

It will allow you to ...

• take advantage of the open marketplace / ecosystem to engage in your own mashup pleasure by just copying-and-pasting HTML.