this is the personal blog of brandon quintana.

There was a blog entry on ZDNet a few days ago regarding JavaDB. JavaDB is a relational database management system written in Java. Apache has its own version named Derby. The JavaDB system will be included in Sun’s Solaris Enterprise System.

What Berlin goes on to say is that since the environment is written in java it can be used offline as well as with handhelds because all it needs is the Java Runtime Environment. He then talks about AJAX and how people must be connected in order to updated their content such as blogs. With JavaDB it acts as a thin client without the need of an online connection and the user can work offline.

The JavaDB would act as a storage repository local to the user and update the server when a connection becomes available. This would allow AJAX applications to run more efficiently due to the fact that the data structure would occur locally.

This idea would bring web applications down to the client level and synchronize with the server at a later time. This would allow people to use web apps offline where there is no Internet connection available such as an airplane.

I think this system has a good potential but for a lot of people Internet connections aren’t very hard to find. When people need to do work they’ll find a way to find an Internet connection. Most of the time when I blog I type everything out on Microsoft Word before I upload to my database anyway. AJAX has a long way to go but I think ideas like these could prove to be very useful.