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Entries within the 'AJAX' category
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Add Undo and Redo to Your Web Application With Cappuccino by Francisco Tolmasky
AJAX Web Apps Dev - 7 Comments
November 13th, 2008
As apps move from the desktop to the Web, one of the pieces of functionality that users expect to see but is often overlooked, perhaps because it is hard to implement, is undo/redo. In this tutorial, Francisco Tolmasky explains how easy it is is to add using the Cappucino web framework.
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5 Ways to Optimize AJAX in Ruby on Rails by Shanti Braford
AJAX Rails - 23 Comments
July 2nd, 2007
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.- Arthur C. Clarke
When Google first unveiled GMail, then GMaps, a firestorm of interest and activity was generated — not just in those Google applications, but the technologies that powered them.
These web programming techniques (now, of course, known collectively as AJAX) have become incredibly popular, especially among Web […]
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Create a searchable Google map by Mark Lucovsky
AJAX - 33 Comments
October 30th, 2006
Google’s Mark Lucokvsky shows you how to add search functionality to maps using the GSmapSearchControl Solution
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Go forth and API by Cameron Adams
AJAX JavaScript - 72 Comments
July 2nd, 2006
To most, the virtues of Web 2.0 are rather ephemeral; that’s always been one of its main criticisms. However, I like to think that one of the movement’s key aspects is a sense of community, an ability to create sites and applications that bring people together.
One of the most powerful ways to bring people together […]
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Responsible Asynchronous Scripting by Shaun Inman
AJAX Web Apps - 65 Comments
May 28th, 2006
Asynchronous or remote scripting has been lurking in the background of web app development for quite some time now. Originally dependent on proprietary technology like Java applets, ActiveX and Flash or clever combinations of disparate technologies like images and cookies, native support for the XMLHttpRequest (XHR) object in modern browsers has made it easier than […]
