Written by Ruhani Rabin on February 24, 2006.
These are the parts of an amazing series by Brett McLaughlin at IBM. This is not a easy/fast read so suggested putting away some time(hour or two) before getting your hands into it.
Gain a complete understanding of HTTP status codes, ready states, and the XMLHttpRequest object
For many Web developers, making simple requests and receiving simple responses is all they’ll ever need, but for developers who want to master Ajax, a complete understanding of HTTP status codes, ready states, and the XMLHttpRequest object is required. In this article, Brett McLaughlin will show you the different status codes and demonstrate how browsers handle each and he will showcase the lesser-used HTTP requests that you can make with Ajax.
Mastering Ajax, Part 1
Mastering Ajax, Part 2
Mastering Ajax, Part 3
Written by Ruhani Rabin on February 24, 2006.
Sematopia.com has post a quick and easy tutorial on learning Ajax in 20 minutes. They have stated that this tutorial only works in Firefox so if you are an IE user you need to add some Javascript to detect which XMLHTTP object to select.
Here is a quick overview and example of AJAX in action. Before you begin, this example will only work in FireFox. You’ll have to change few things in the JavaScript for it to work in IE. To download the files used below click here. If you don’t have PHP/Apache installed, follow the tutorial I made to install it. The example below assumes you know the basics of PHP, you can learn as you go along if you don’t. A good reference is the base PHP website.
Read the whole tutorial here
Written by Ruhani Rabin on February 22, 2006.
It’s time to take your relationship with the Internet to the next level, and I’m here to tell you how to do it in 23 short, easy steps (see below) with as little jargon as possible.
Those who already use “feed” technology should just move on along, as there’s nothing new for you here.
The rest of you, who may have heard of “feeds” but been put off by those geeky letters people throw around when talking about it and felt confused about where and how to start, welcome.
23 real simple steps to making your Internet life much better
