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Mastering Ajax Websites

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the breaking-it-down dept.

An anonymous reader writes to tell us that IBM DeveloperWorks has an interesting article introducing the uninitiated to the world of Ajax. From the article: "Ajax, which consists of HTML, JavaScript technology, DHTML, and DOM, is an approach that helps you transform clunky Web interfaces into interactive Ajax applications. The author, an Ajax expert, demonstrates how these technologies work together. Ajax is more than just the latest fad -- it's your stepping stone to build better Web sites through efficient use of your time."

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  1. Well done by gustgr · · Score: 4, Informative

    Interesting post. This kind of introduction might help beginners (like me) to know more about this new mix of different technologies and avoid confusion. Just these days a friend of mine said to me that he would like to learn this new "Ajax programming language". Many people still think that way. Thumbs up for the article.

  2. Ajax in action by gustgr · · Score: 5, Informative

    A nice example of Ajax usage can be found at http://www.meebo.com/.

  3. Re:JavaScript code is the core code - What??? by Bogtha · · Score: 4, Informative

    "Particular Way" for browser one ... "Particular Way" for browser two ... Sounds like in an inherently poor design.

    The incompatibility you are talking about is the direct result of Microsoft implementing XMLHttpRequest with ActiveX, and everybody else implementing it as a native Javascript object. Microsoft are changing their implementation in Internet Explorer 7 to be compatible with everyone else.

    So no "inherently poor design", just a historical artifact that is a) easily worked around, and b) going away.

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    Bogtha Bogtha Bogtha
  4. Have you tried Laszlo? by spoco2 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not trying to spruik it or anything, but I'm currently working on a project of making a webapp using Laszlo.

    It's an open source language/server for creating flash based applications.

    We've found it to be very impressive how much you can do with so little code... and it's nice to have a proper OO backend to a flash frontend... the flash frontend means we can:

    a) Make our interface very pretty and like a 'normal' application
    b) Means it works in pretty much any browser...
    c) on pretty much all platforms...
    d) without a download of any plugin in most cases (just because of the penetration of flash)