Java in the RIA space, comeback or always there?

Ryan’s article about Java making a comeback was interesting. But it made me think of a key figure in the Java RIA space that has been competing way before Adobe Flex. Its called Nexaweb. A big part of the RIA space is timing. It just now that the internet as a whole are embracing RIA applications like never before.

Interesting to think that Java has been in this space longer than anyone else. Will they redefine themselves or continue be rooted in their original “Sunny” looking future. Nexaweb themselves made the change to provide AJAX features in connection to there applet UI offering. Where Nexaweb’s other offerings provide tools not just for RIA on the front in but a whole backend solution.

Now I am a big Adobe Flex/Flash fan and think it will take over the world. But history also is not that simple, there will be a number of key players in each space which always comes down to implementation and execution. There will be some pretty crappy Flex applications made that will only hamper the movement. You can’t forget that a lot of Flex backends are and will be built on Java also.

5 comments July 17th, 2006