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AJAX

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:10 am
by daedalus__
I want to learn how to use AJAX.

I want to begin with simple form validation.

I was wondering if anyone has some simple examples they would like to share before I go through 1000001 half-baked tutorials that I google.

Also, if you know of a good tutorial demonstrating the basics of AJAX, do share. :)

P.S. Is this the right forum?

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:24 am
by Luke
If I were to go about tackling something as broad as AJAX... I would need a book.

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:01 am
by daedalus__
No such thing as basic with AJAX?

I learn everything else without books and teachers, might as well give this a shot. :)

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:43 am
by RobertGonzalez
Google 'Using AJAX to do ...' where ... is what you want to do. There are no shortage of tutorials out there. The more specific you can be the better off you'll be in the search results.

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:42 am
by jamiel
Any recommendations on good books on the subject? Or has this been discussed before.

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:20 am
by Benjamin
I've made a few things in AJAX. I found that is actually fairly easy, as long as you are able to grasp the different technologies that it uses and put them all together into something functional. Here is a good example that should get you going.

http://www.phpcommunity.org/gazette/200 ... erest.html
Daedalus- wrote:I learn everything else without books and teachers, might as well give this a shot.
I would encourage you to get some books. You'll never know what your missing. Studies show that the more people learn about a subject, the more they realize they don't know about it.

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:17 am
by Roja
Rasmus' 30-second AJAX tutorial: http://blog.coderlab.us/rasmus-30-second-ajax-tutorial/

Great way to "just get your feet wet" with the basic concepts.

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:18 am
by Benjamin
That is what I posted. :D

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:24 am
by Roja
astions wrote:That is what I posted. :D
Sorry, didn't click through. Beat me to it. :)

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:19 am
by pickle
~Burrito wrote an AJAX tutorial a little while back - search for it in the 'Tutorials' board.

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:33 am
by wtf

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:02 am
by daedalus__
THanks for the quality replies, guys.

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 1:49 am
by jmut
Apress - "Foundations of Ajax"
is pretty good book I think