Direct Web Remoting

Direct Web Remoting
Original authorJoe Walker
DeveloperDavid Marginian / Dojo Foundation
Initial releaseAugust 29, 2005 (2005-08-29)
Stable release
3.0.2 / December 11, 2016 (2016-12-11)
Written inJava and JavaScript
Operating systemCross-platform
Size1.08 MB (archived)
TypeAjax technology
LicenseApache 2.0 Licence
Websitedirectwebremoting.org
Repository

Direct Web Remoting, or DWR, is a Java open-source library that helps developers write web sites that include Ajax technology. It allows code in a web browser to use Java functions running on a web server as if those functions were within the browser. The DWR project was started by Joe Walker in 2004, 1.0 released at August 29, 2005.