3 Practical Uses For AJAX

By Mitchell Harper

In this article I've shown you 3 practical ways to use AJAX to improve the useability of your web site. Please keep in mind that issues such as security and server-load do play a part in deciding how and where to use AJAX on your web site.

If you're interested in learning more about AJAX, study my example code thoroughly and check out the links below:

http://dhtmlnirvana.com/ajax/ajax_tutorial/
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/remote-scripting-ajax
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_%28programming%29

P.S. I've uploaded all of the code for this article to make it easier for you to run the examples. You can download it here.

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Azizur Rahman at 16 Feb 2006 2:40:55 PM CST

Azizur Rahman ( Author/Admin) said this on 16 Feb 2006 2:40:55 PM CST I have already implemented the Login script in ajaxa last week. I have my login script to work with a LDAP Server. this has to be best feature that has been added to our office intranet given so many issue proxy servers and so on. on top of that it also lot more user friendly. (Reply to this comment) (Cancel this reply) (Comment Replies Disabled)

Aaron at 02 Mar 2006 12:31:39 AM CST

Aaron ( Author/Admin) said this on 02 Mar 2006 12:31:39 AM CST Great job Mitchell, your the man... (Reply to this comment) (Cancel this reply) (Comment Replies Disabled)

saleem at 16 May 2006 5:02:20 AM CST

saleem ( Author/Admin) said this on 16 May 2006 5:02:20 AM CST A very good script espeially for php programmers. Thanx a lot. (Reply to this comment) (Cancel this reply) (Comment Replies Disabled)

Wilson Delgado at 30 May 2006 9:38:04 PM CST

Wilson Delgado ( Author/Admin) said this on 30 May 2006 9:38:04 PM CST Best tutorial, very clear and easy. Thanks for you work (For Spanish Users: Muy buen tutorial, bastante facil de entender y realmente funciona al implementarlo) (Reply to this comment) (Cancel this reply) (Comment Replies Disabled)

guangming hu at 23 Jun 2006 7:06:09 AM CST

guangming hu ( Author/Admin) said this on 23 Jun 2006 7:06:09 AM CST good example good code! (Reply to this comment) (Cancel this reply) (Comment Replies Disabled)

TET at 26 Jun 2006 4:07:44 PM CST

TET ( Author/Admin) said this on 26 Jun 2006 4:07:44 PM CST THIS IS A GREAT FEATURE (Reply to this comment) (Cancel this reply) (Comment Replies Disabled)

Scumop at 23 Jul 2006 9:36:43 PM CST

Scumop ( Author/Admin) said this on 23 Jul 2006 9:36:43 PM CST Very nice explanation and examples. I had no idea it could be so easy. (Reply to this comment) (Cancel this reply) (Comment Replies Disabled)

Nanda at 12 Sep 2006 1:15:15 AM CST

Nanda ( Author/Admin) said this on 12 Sep 2006 1:15:15 AM CST Good Tutorial... Thanks. (Reply to this comment) (Cancel this reply) (Comment Replies Disabled)

scott at 09 Feb 2007 12:21:59 AM CST

scott ( Author/Admin) said this on 09 Feb 2007 12:21:59 AM CST what does eval(what) do ? (Reply to this comment) (Cancel this reply) (Comment Replies Disabled)

Javier at 21 Feb 2007 11:24:27 AM CST

Javier ( Author/Admin) said this on 21 Feb 2007 11:24:27 AM CST Hey, this tutorial rocks! i've been searching for houres, and this is the best ajax tutorial with example! congrats dude! (Reply to this comment) (Cancel this reply) (Comment Replies Disabled)

Steve at 21 May 2007 1:42:01 PM CST

Steve ( Author/Admin) said this on 21 May 2007 1:42:01 PM CST Very good tutorial, thank you! (Reply to this comment) (Cancel this reply) (Comment Replies Disabled)

Karthik at 22 Aug 2007 6:57:59 AM CST

Karthik ( Author/Admin) said this on 22 Aug 2007 6:57:59 AM CST Really good work, thanks. (Reply to this comment) (Cancel this reply) (Comment Replies Disabled)

paul bogle at 29 Dec 2007 1:35:24 PM CST

paul bogle ( Author/Admin) said this on 29 Dec 2007 1:35:24 PM CST great tutorial, helped me a lot. thanks. (Reply to this comment) (Cancel this reply) (Comment Replies Disabled)

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