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So How Do You Code an AJAX Web Page?

PetManimal writes "Computerworld has a long excerpt from a book by Edmond Woychowsky about how to code Web pages in AJAX. It gives a good explanation of how the technology works, and also has some visuals and code snippets that you can play with. From the article: 'Beyond the XMLHTTP Request object, which has been around for several years as a solution looking for a problem, there is nothing weird needed. Basically, it is how the individual pieces are put together. When they're put together in one way, it is nothing more than a pile of parts; however, when put together in another way, the monster essentially rises from its slab.'"

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  1. finishing the thought... by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Beyond the XMLHTTP Request object, which has been around for several years as a solution looking for a problem, there is nothing weird needed. Basically, it is how the individual pieces are put together. When they're put together in one way, it is nothing more than a pile of parts; however, when put together in another way, the monster essentially rises from its slab.

    But more importantly, one needs to remember that the internet is not a big truck, that you can dump information on. It's a series of tubes.

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  2. Re:So How Do You Code an AJAX Web Page? by Chunt620 · · Score: 3, Funny

    That is correct. 10 minutes of work and you too can name your site wixi, plexxy, swiggle, gippy.......[insert "trendy" web 2.0 names here]

  3. Both Repetitive and Redundant by Stringer+Bell · · Score: 5, Funny

    Woychowsky repeats himself a lot. What's more, he says the same things over and over. In other words, he'll say something, and then re-phrase it with almost exactly the same words.

    As I've mentioned, he seems to keep repeating himself

  4. Start by not putting a tag in your title :) tag by dindi · · Score: 4, Funny

    title So how (i) do (/i) you code an AJAX Web page? /title

    Haha, i mean, start ptocessing XML like this with Java and we will have a lot of browsers falling on their asses with exceptions :))))))

    OK I am cruel!

  5. Re:Saving AJAX by crabpeople · · Score: 4, Funny

    prt scr

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  6. Re:I'd post my 20-line AJAX function... by DigitalRaptor · · Score: 2, Funny

    Slashdot isn't anti Web 2.0, it's dissing your code... calling it lame garbage.

    But don't take it personally.

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  7. Re:Well, first things first... by dpreston · · Score: 2, Funny

    Try...

    $ vi <enter>

  8. Re:So How Do You Code an AJAX Web Page? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    [insert "trendy" web 2.0 names here]

    shitty

  9. Oh yeah? by The_REAL_DZA · · Score: 5, Funny
    AJAX is a joke

    Slashdot is a joke

    You are a joke

    Really? Then why doesn't it say "+5 Funny" on my shirt?
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  10. Re:So How Do You Code an AJAX Web Page? by Anamanaman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shhhhhhhhh

    I have everyone convinced I'm a leet AJAX programmer after I dragged in a single UpdatePanel on my company's internal web app.

    You're going to ruin it for everyone. Keep quiet!

  11. Re:So How Do You Code an AJAX Web Page? by tonyr1988 · · Score: 1, Funny

    6. ???
    7. Profit!

  12. Re:So How Do You Code an AJAX Web Page? by misleb · · Score: 3, Funny
    It prevents and catches a lot of potential errors as you make them.


    Man, I hate it when I make potential errors. How does VS deal with virtual errors?

    -matthew
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  13. Re:Well, first things first... by Millenniumman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Command line interfaces are for n00bs. I use a magnet to change each byte on my hard drive.

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