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(October 7, 2005) - AJAX isn't a technology, or a language, and there's no recipe to implement it; it's just a combination of various components to achieve something you otherwise couldn't: asynchronous http requests. However, since early 2005, when Google and Flickr popularized the concept, its use has grown rapidly. The name AJAX is short for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. It uses the JavaScript XMLHttpRequest function to create a tunnel from the client's browser to the server and transmit information back and forth without having to refresh the page. The data travels in XML ... (more)

Web 2.0: Web Applications vs. Desktop Applications

Will web applications ever replace regular desktop applications? Will desktop applications adopt web paradigms? Are web applications "Web 2.0"?   The whole 2.0 thing is getting much abuse now; its hype/meaning ratio is inflating by the minute. Web 2.0 is really exposing functionality through APIs and allowing people to collaborate, much more than it is about Rich Internet Applications. The... (more)

Nitobi AJAX Components for ColdFusion 8 Beta

Nitobi (http://www.nitobi.com.) has announced it will support the ColdFusion 8 platform in its suite of enterprise AJAX components. The ColdFusion edition of Nitobi Grid and Combobox offers support to ColdFusion 8 Beta, released today by Adobe, as well as older versions of Coldfusion. The implementation enables a simple backwards-compatible CFINCLUDE style XML API for reading and writing ... (more)

Real-World AJAX Book Preview: What is AJAX?

This content is reprinted from Real-World AJAX: Secrets of the Masters published by SYS-CON Books. To order the entire book now along with companion DVDs for the special pre-order price, click here for more information. Aimed at everyone from enterprise developers to self-taught scripters, Real-World AJAX: Secrets of the Masters is the perfect book for anyone who wants to start developin... (more)