I am continually amazed at the level of confusion developers have regarding Ajax and Rich Client Development. Why is this? The reason I have come to believe is that there are a few fundamental questions people don't ask before they start and this blog outlines them.
As AJAX-enabled web sites continue to grow in popularity, the development community continues to try to solve the common problems of using AJAX. One big concern that used to require a lot of work is that of gracefully degrading your AJAX site for non-capable browsers. Thankfully, the ASP.NET MVC framework makes this an easy task.
Sure, Ajax is the Web 2.0 buzzword that everyone wants associated with their site. But what does it really mean? And how are engineers integrating it into their sites at an architectural level. This article covers the basics of Ajax and show some Ajax design patterns that have become proven best practice with Web 2.0 development.
CSS, PHP, flash and AJAX charts
In this article we'll discuss the basic principles of remote scripting using Ajax, (asynchronous JavaScript and XML) to allow web pages to be updated without the user having to wait for a page refresh.
Depending on the features (or JS frameworks to be used) you may need, you can choose from these 16 very nice free Ajaxed contact forms & implement them easily to any website.
Some of the most visible and successful information retrieval systems are available through web browsers. Recently Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, or AJAX, significantly improved how users interact with web interfaces. The Google maps service is an excellent example of how AJAX improves interaction between users and large amounts of data.