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Sunday, April 24, 2005

Ajax age

The fun of working in IT is that you may see amazing and creative ideas been produced nearly every day. But the premise is that you shouldn't stop gathering information and absorbing new knowledge day by day. This industry is full of new stuff that makes me never feel boring.

Ok, today I want to introduce the new term - ajax. We have talked about DHTML for several years which helps user to interact with web application more easily at the client side. The core of DHTML is DOM(Document Object Model), consists of two key things: one is the global JavaScript objects with useful properties and methods (functions); the other is the hierarchical representation of a web page as element node objects. The DOM has been used for animated web even Flash is widely used today.

As Jesse James Garrett says, ajax is not a new technology. It's an abbreviation of '
Asynchronous JavaScript + XML'. He defines ajax as the combination of several current popular technologies including the following items:


Since the word 'ajax' come out, it is spread through the Internet rapidly. Yes, thanks blogosphere again. Now there are some famous web applications using ajax:

Google Maps - a new mapquest killer
Google GMail - the hottest email service recently
A9.com - Amazon's Google wanna-be search engine
Ta-da Lists - a part of the Basecamp, the useful online project management tool

Although there are some alternatives of ajax exist such as Flash, I'm sure it will be used by more companies. Indeed, some people has considered to create the next generation Dynamic HTML based on it. If we can keep our eyes on it, undoubtly, we may get into the train to the new age of web technology.

realted sources:

Sampling Ajax in a CMS
Ajax using XMLHttpRequest and Struts
AJAX Wrapper for .Net (v1.1) Released
Why the term Ajax is useful
XMLHttpRequest & Ajax Working Examples
SOA, AJAX and REST: The Software Industry Devolves into the Fashion Industry
my bookmarks of 'ajax'

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