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AJAX

I'm keeping a list of AJAX (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AJAX) web sites and resources I collect while studying this web interface programming technique. It's really just a collection of techniques I've already heard of, but people are using them in a new and interesting way which I find inspiring. The new web applications that are coming out are totally going to change the way development on the web works and I'd like to be a part of it.

Books About AJAX

First step, learning what it all means together. Books are a good way to study that.

• Foundations of AJAX (http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10042), chapter 5 is available for preview, and I liked what I read there about making your javascripts more object oriented and cleaner, easier to maintain. I have a feeling the entire book is going to be worthwhile. The authors seemed right on about the best tools to use to create javascripts.
• Pragmatic AJAX (http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/ajax/?ajaxian), I like the sound of what this book is going to cover better than the above, seems more fully practical.
• Ajax in Action (http://www.manning.com/books/crane)

Tutorials About AJAX

• 30 Second Tutorial (http://rajshekhar.net/blog/archives/85-Rasmus-30-second-AJAX-Tutorial.html) (and an evolved version (http://sarahk.pcpropertymanager.com/blog/?p=204) of it)
• AJAX: Usable Interactivity with Remote Scripting (http://www.sitepoint.com/article/remote-scripting-ajax)
• Guide to Using AJAX and XMLHttpRequest from WebPasties (http://www.webpasties.com/xmlHttpRequest/)
• Introdution to AJAX that use a cool page switching technique (http://dhtmlnirvana.com/ajax/ajax_tutorial/#)

AJAX Web Sites

• AjaxMatters (http://www.ajaxmatters.com/r/welcome)

AJAX Libraries

• Free AJAX Tutorials and Libraries (http://www.freeprogrammingresources.com/ajax-tutorial-libraries.html) (great list of many sites)
• xajax (http://xajax.sourceforge.net/) (develop asynchronous Ajax applications with PHP)
• Dojo (http://dojotoolkit.org/)

Tips on Using AJAX

• Saving Session State (http://codinginparadise.org/weblog/2005/08/ajax-tutorial-saving-session-across.html)
• Degradable AJAX (http://particletree.com/features/the-hows-and-whys-of-degradable-ajax/)

Javascript Articles

• Unobtrusive Javascript (http://www.onlinetools.org/articles/unobtrusivejavascript/)
• Javascript Refactoring For Safer Faster Better AJAX (http://www.softwaresecretweapons.com/jspwiki/Wiki.jsp?page=JavascriptRefactoringForSaferFasterBetterAJAX)

Miscellaneous Links

Here are some things I couldn't fit into a category above:

• What is it and why is AJAX important? (http://hinchcliffe.org/archive/2005/08/18/1675.aspx) (The State of AJAX)
• Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA)s (http://hinchcliffe.org/archive/2005/08/27/1817.aspx)
• Javascript Weblog (http://javascript.weblogsinc.com/)
• 6 questions about problematic Ajax development (http://weblogs.asp.net/jasonsalas/archive/2005/08/14/422521.aspx)
• The article that gave AJAX its name (http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000385.php) (and a more recent article (http://www.ok-cancel.com/archives/article/2005/09/why-ajax-matters-now.html) by same author)
• What it is like to use Ruby on Rails (http://jroller.com/page/obie?entry=rails_project_brain_dump)