AJAX itself is a pretty simple concept -- you make HTTP requests via JavaScript in the browser via an XmlHttpRequest object, and then parse the results and do crazy crap with it.
this is a good point. see rasmus' 30 second ajax tutorial: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general&m=112198633625636&w=2 a useful link: http://ajaxpatterns.org/ a useful firefox plugin: firebug -> https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1843/, allows you to easily see a lot of info about your requests a couple of things from some recent ajax app experience: don't add ajax to pages for the hell of it! sounds simple, but its easy to get carried away, and/or you may face clients/bosses who say "just make it ajax", and end up writing something that's 5 times more complicated than it needs to be (i'm still paying for the therapy :-() don't rule out rolling your own if you're just adding bits of ajax goodness to an app. alot of the libraries include a kitchen sink you just might not need... are you just adding some ajax to an app, or building a "web 2.0" thingie? _______________________________________________ coders mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/coders
