Easy Ajax with jQuery

December 9th, 2007 Arsen

Ajax is changing web applications, giving them a responsiveness that’s unheard of beyond the desktop. But behind all the hype, there’s not much to Ajax — (X)HTML, JavaScript, and XML are nothing new, and in this tutorial, I’ll show you how to simplify the process of adding Ajax to your application even further with the help of jQuery, a popular JavaScript library.

What’s Ajax?

You’ve probably heard about Ajax before, or at least used an Ajax-based application — Gmail, for instance. Quite simply, Ajax is a technique for handling external data through JavaScript asynchronously, without reloading the entire page.

Unfortunately, in-depth tutorials on practical ways to enter the world of Ajax are few and far between. To add to the problem, the XMLHttpRequest class used by Ajax isn’t very easy for beginning web developers to use. Luckily, a number of JavaScript libraries offer an easier way. Today I’ll show you how jQuery — one of these libraries — allows you to easily add Ajax to your application.

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Introduction to ajax

November 17th, 2007 Arsen

AJAX stands for Asynchronous JavaScript And XML.
AJAX is a type of programming made popular in 2005 by Google (with Google Suggest).
AJAX is not a new programming language, but a new way to use existing standards.
With AJAX you can create better, faster, and more user-friendly web applications.
AJAX is based on JavaScript and HTTP requests.
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