Jaxer allows you to use javascript and jquery on the server to mess with DB/Filesystem/Remote Sites from the client. Calls to serverside code look exactly like regular javascript.
http://ejohn.org/blog/server-side-javascript-with-jaxer/ http://www.aptana.com/node/336 I do recommend it as a great path from web site to web application development as you don't have to learn a whole new toolset, it's pretty much javascript, DOM, HTML, and a js utility library contained in the Jaxer namespace. I work @ Aptana so my opinion may be biased ;-) marr.adam wrote:
As with any js, since it runs client-side, you cannot use it to query a Db, only to call something else that will, such as making a request to a PHP script or server-side java. PHP is the simplest way. You can either have the php return the markup to display or maybe have it return json object and create the page with js. Either way, jquery or mootools both have already taken care the complexities, so I would recommend using them for your requests.
