RIA(Rich Internet Applications)

RIA is the abbreviation for Rich Internet Applications (Macromedia Chinese website translated into Rich Internet Applications. Traditional network program development is based on the page, the server-side data transmission mode, the network layer of the program that built on top of HTML pages, but HTML is for text, the traditional page-based system has been gradually Web browser can not meet the are higher, all-round experience requirements, which is to be Macromedia's called the "experience issue" ("Experience Matters"), and rich Internet applications (Rich Internet Applications, abbreviated as RIA) the emergence of is to solve this problem. Advantages of the RIA Feature RIA has the characteristics of desktop applications including: identifying and formatting the message to provide an interactive user interface; without refreshing the page under the interface to provide fast response time; provide a common user interface features such as drag and drop (drag and drop) as well as online and offline operation capability. RIA has the characteristics of Web applications include, for example: immediate deployment, cross-platform, using progressively downloaded to retrieve content and data, and can take advantage of widely accepted Internet standards. RIA with communication features include real-time interactive sound and image. Client's role in the RIA is not only a display page, it can be behind the scenes with user requests asynchronously computing, data transmission and retrieval, integrated user interface and display the integrated use of sound and image, all this can not rely on client connected to the server or back-end manner. The benefits of deploying RIA For businesses, the benefits of deploying RIA is: 1) RIA can continue to use existing application model (including J2EE and. NET), eliminating the need to replace the existing large-scale Web applications. By Rich Client technology, you can easily build more intuitive, easy to use, more responsive and can be used offline applications. 2) RIA can help companies provide a wide range of important business benefits, including increased sales, improve brand loyalty, to extend the site stay, more frequent repeat visits, reduced bandwidth costs, reduce support and help strengthen customer relationships and so on.