AJAX

10 Things IT Needs to Know About Ajax

The introduction of any new Web technology will affect a network's infrastructure in ways that range from inconsequential to earth shattering. Ajax is one of the more disruptive new Web technologies traveling across networks today. To help you minimize future surprises on your network, we've outlined the 10 things you should take to heart about Ajax.

Stop using Ajax!

...the emergence of Ajax techniques has inspired a whole new wave of applications, but in many (if not most) cases, these applications don't actually need Ajax to work - it's simply that we hadn't thought of them before. It's easy to assume that the evolution of ideas follows an unbroken chain of cause and effect, but this isn't really the case; evolution is as random as it is deterministic, and we can cherry-pick the best ideas - we can build Web 2.0 applications without using Ajax.

25 Excellent Ajax Techniques and Examples

Ajax allows for rich-internet applications that mimic the responsiveness and complex user interfaces typically associated with desktop applications. Moving applications to the web browser opens many possibilities, including the ability to save user data, connecting with other users for collaboration and sharing, and making deployment and using the application easier since web browsers are standard-issue with most computers regardless of operating system.