WebObjects - Advantages

Advantages

WebObjects has a number of key technologies that differentiate it from some application servers:

• Zero Cost: The tools and frameworks required to develop and deploy WebObjects applications are free-of-charge.
• Streamlined Database Access: Database tables are represented in WebObjects as collections of Java classes called Enterprise Objects. The developer creates a "model" that maps objects to database rows. This high level of abstraction relieves developers from the drudgery of writing inflexible, database-specific code. With the use of drivers, such as JDBC, WebObjects automatically handles the writing of appropriate SQL code.
• Separation of Presentation Logic, Business Logic, and Data: WebObjects conforms to the MVC programming paradigm, enforcing a clean separation of presentation (Web pages), logic (Java code) and data (data store).
• State Management: Without using cookies, WebObjects provides objects that allow you to maintain information for the life of a particular user session, or longer.
• Pure Java: WebObjects applications are 100% Pure Java, which means they can be deployed on any platform with a certified Java 2 virtual machine.
• Scalability and Performance: Administrators run multiple instances of an application, either on one or on multiple application servers. Developers can choose from one of several load-balancing algorithms (or create their own).