So How Do You Code an AJAX Web Page?

PetManimal writes "Computerworld has a long excerpt from a book by Edmond Woychowsky about how to code Web pages in AJAX. It gives a good explanation of how the technology works, and also has some visuals and code snippets that you can play with. From the article: 'Beyond the XMLHTTP Request object, which has been around for several years as a solution looking for a problem, there is nothing weird needed. Basically, it is how the individual pieces are put together. When they're put together in one way, it is nothing more than a pile of parts; however, when put together in another way, the monster essentially rises from its slab.'"

finishing the thought...

[User 956]

Beyond the XMLHTTP Request object, which has been around for several years as a solution looking for a problem, there is nothing weird needed. Basically, it is how the individual pieces are put together. When they're put together in one way, it is nothing more than a pile of parts; however, when put together in another way, the monster essentially rises from its slab.

But more importantly, one needs to remember that the internet is not a big truck, that you can dump information on. It's a series of tubes.

Re:So How Do You Code an AJAX Web Page?

[Chunt620]

That is correct. 10 minutes of work and you too can name your site wixi, plexxy, swiggle, gippy.......[insert "trendy" web 2.0 names here]

Both Repetitive and Redundant

[Stringer Bell]

Woychowsky repeats himself a lot. What's more, he says the same things over and over. In other words, he'll say something, and then re-phrase it with almost exactly the same words.

As I've mentioned, he seems to keep repeating himself

Start by not putting a tag in your title :) tag

[dindi]

title So how (i) do (/i) you code an AJAX Web page? /title

Haha, i mean, start ptocessing XML like this with Java and we will have a lot of browsers falling on their asses with exceptions :))))))

OK I am cruel!

Re:Saving AJAX

[crabpeople]

prt scr

Re:I'd post my 20-line AJAX function...

[DigitalRaptor]

Slashdot isn't anti Web 2.0, it's dissing your code... calling it lame garbage.

But don't take it personally.

Re:Well, first things first...

[dpreston]

Try...

$ vi <enter>

Re:So How Do You Code an AJAX Web Page?

[Anonymous Coward]

[insert "trendy" web 2.0 names here]

shitty

Oh yeah?

[The_REAL_DZA]

AJAX is a joke

Slashdot is a joke

You are a joke

Really? Then why doesn't it say "+5 Funny" on my shirt?

Re:So How Do You Code an AJAX Web Page?

[Anamanaman]

Shhhhhhhhh

I have everyone convinced I'm a leet AJAX programmer after I dragged in a single UpdatePanel on my company's internal web app.

You're going to ruin it for everyone. Keep quiet!

Re:So How Do You Code an AJAX Web Page?

[tonyr1988]

6. ???
7. Profit!

Re:So How Do You Code an AJAX Web Page?

[misleb]

It prevents and catches a lot of potential errors as you make them.

Man, I hate it when I make potential errors. How does VS deal with virtual errors?

-matthew

Re:Well, first things first...

[Millenniumman]

Command line interfaces are for n00bs. I use a magnet to change each byte on my hard drive.