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There are many advantages to using AJAX, but few talk about the disadvantages. Below are a few drawbacks to AJAX and how to avoid them.
The use of AJAX interfaces can increases the number of requests to web servers and the database. This can lead to slow response times and timeouts. To resolve this if [...]
Instead of the usual Top Tips article, I thought I would look at the top 5 goofs for a change, and how to avoid them. I chose them purely because upon reading over what other coders were experiencing, I could see that I was not the only one – by far. [...]
I have seen many implementation of the page peel effect. I have seen then written in flash which I am not very fond of and some written so bad that it can crash your browser. Here is a article on a simple way to make one using jquery and css. You can view a demo [...]
This slick little project baked at MIT yields a really robust interactive timeline via AJAX. A demo for the timeline can be found here. As you can see it allows for multiple points within the timeline with pop-up tool tips that give more information about each point. By using your scroll wheel on your mouse [...]
A great way to put Ajax feeds on your website without even needing to write any code. Google has created a tool that will write the code for you. You can make the feeds appear vertical, horizontal, or vertical stacked. The only issue that I have found is that it has a problem picking up [...]
The election is upon us, so here is a little Ajax poller to help you with your polling needs. To install the script is very easy. Here are 3 steps to install it.
Open the dbConnect.php and put your database name, username, and password in it. (You may have to create a new database)
You also need [...]
1. Ajax is not an acronym. I have seen some people spell Ajax out as Asynchronous JavaScript and XML or Active JavaScript and XML. This is not true. XML is not required to create an Ajax application.
2. If you are running your own server then this will be important. Plan for an increase in HTTP [...]
Google has released an online course for the study in current computing technologies and paradigm called the Google Code University. It has examples and tutorials for the study of many different languages, including Ajax. The course is free and appears to be very robust.
Google Code University
The Ajax Bible is like many of the other Bible books. They start out fairly simple but ramp up into more complex concepts fairly quickly. If you are reading the book as a beginner in Ajax, you may have some difficulty understanding some of the concepts in the book, but if you are an experienced [...]
Debugging ajax has will always be difficult because of its mixture of JavaScript and other languages, but there are a few ways to make your debugging go a lot smoother and less stressful.
Firebug
My personal favorite is an add-on for firefox, it is called firebug. Best of all, it is cross platform so if you [...]
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