Direct Web Remoting

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Direct Web Remoting
Original author(s)	Joe Walker
Developer(s)	David Marginian / Dojo Foundation
Initial release	August 29, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-08-29)
Stable release	3.0.2 / December 11, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-12-11)
Repository	github.com/directwebremoting/dwr
Written in	Java and JavaScript
Operating system	Cross-platform
Size	1.08 MB (archived)
Type	Ajax technology
License	Apache 2.0 Licence
Website	directwebremoting.org

Direct Web Remoting, or DWR, is a Java open-source library that helps developers write web sites that include Ajax technology.^[1] 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.