Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) means many things to many people. However, one thing is certain: To users it implies a higher level of functionality and an improved experience. To the developer ...

Asynchronous JavaScript with XML, or AJAX, is the crown jewel in the current Web evolution that has been dubbed Web 2.0. Thanks to the technologies that make up the AJAX acronym, the interactivity of ...

And, indeed, this asynchronous behavior is what makes JavaScript—and Ajax, for that matter—so exciting for Web developers. No longer are we stuck with the modern equivalent of old-style 3270 terminals ...

Web applications are getting richer and more widespread, but it's unclear which of several competing technologies will power them. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

Many programmers, myself included, have long seen JavaScript as a way to change the appearance of a page of HTML dynamically or to perform relatively minor tasks, such as checking the validity of a ...

Of all the hats JavaScript can wear, its form-processing features are among the most sought and used. Learn how to use JavaScript for form processing, validation, and more. Forms are an essential part ...

Despite all of jQuery’s strengths, incorporating Ajax-driven features into web applications can be a frustrating endeavor, due in large part to the challenges of determining where exactly in the ...

Truth is, Google is super awesome at getting into content that most search engine crawlers cannot find. GoogleBot is able to execute and run much of the JavaScript and AJAX it encounters but it is not ...

This week at Google I/O, Google talked a lot about the evolution of the technological capabilities of the web. HTML 5 is ushering in new era of browser-based development and applications. Eric Schmidt ...

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