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So I’m working with a firm and I’m curious to know how other people approach ajax/js in their applications.  I’ve worked with some large firms and several startups and the approach has always been to build applications first and add the ajax later( and to use sparingly at that ).  Sort-of an ‘if you try to solve a problem with jquery now you have two’ approach.  This company has a policy of shoot first fix later, which usually ends up in additional complexity and longer turnaround for new features, often which don’t really end up improving anything.

So, just wondering what others thoughts are on this.  Just so you know, I’m not anti ajax/js in any way - just curious to know how others approach this subject.

I have exactly the same views as you: Javascript is just the icing on the cake and should under no circumstance be part of the business logic of the application. We add javascript as an added bonus later or for an extra fee if clients are so inclined. To me javascript is just a way to make the representation more ‘sexy’ but that’s it.