Performance testing of data delivery techniques for Ajax applications

Journal of Web Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 287-315

  Bozdag, Engin ^a   Meshah, Ali ^a   van Deursen, Arie ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ajax; Comet; Empirical study; Performance testing; Push pull; Web data delivery

Indexed keywords

AJAX; COMET; EMPIRICAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE TESTING; PUSH/PULL; WEB DATA;

SERVERS;

EID: 79951512018     PISSN: 15409589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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