Ajax (sometimes called Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is a way of programming for the Web that gets rid of the hourglass. Data, content, and design are merged together into a seamless whole.
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What is AJAX? Well you can see what is it stand for behind the word to the left image shown. But - for those who just heard AJAX acronym - what does it like? What does it purposed to?
Ajax is surprisingly easy to use with the Arc language. This article shows how to implement Ajax-based autocompletion and dynamic page updates using the script.aculo.us and Prototype JavaScript frameworks.
Today I was searching for "Code Project" in Google in order to open its homepage to have a look at some new articles. the surprise was that I didn't find the codeproject.com site in the result! I tried to open the page directly by typing the url www.codeproject.com I found that the page rank of Code Project is zero!
Ajax presents a revolutionary way of experiencing the web. However, it has presented new complications. One of those prominent complications is the back-button. Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Safari and other web browser always have that feature just in case you want to go back to the previous website or part of the site for easier navigation.
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Colin Morris, author of Y-Validator, has written a piece on JavaScript: It’s Just Not Validation! which discusses JavaScript validation, and “input assistance”:
AJAX -- That annoying phone call from the polling company could lead to better services in Ajax.
eBuddy and Meebo the most popular web messenger are now offering the iPhone version of their service. This will make it much easy to chat with your MSN live, Yahoo IM, AIM, and ICQ friends. iPhone is the new generation of mobile phones produced by Apple, it's designed to be very user friendly, and internet enabled.
Ajaxlines is a project focused on providing its audience with a database of most of Ajax related articles, resources, tutorials and services from around the world.
Its purpose is to showcase the power of Ajax and to act as a portal to the Ajax development community.
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