Master In Ajax

[puneye 0]

I want to Master in Ajax. Anybody can help me ?

[networker 0]

You know,my enthusiasm for javascript/xml ajax wavered when
I realized how many browsers were being used now.Ie explorer,
firefox,opera,safari etc.
It just seemed there were too many discrepencies from one
browser to another browser .What would work on one wouldn't work on another.
With the popularity of Ajax now,I feel I'll have no choice but to
learn it more thorouhly as well.

Heres a link :
http://www.w3schools.com/xml/ajax_intro.asp

[triplebtalk 0]

I would have to disagree with the use of w3schools.com on that, there AJAX tutorial hardly even covers the basic. I would suggest that puneye learns Javascript (here) and HTML (here), then look at the AJAX tutorial (here). AJAX still is incrediby useful and being able to build a web application is a great skill. The main issue with AJAX is that sometimes you need to know a third party coding language, such as ASP or PHP, then it becomes an issue.

Edited January 14, 2009 by triplebtalk (see edit history)

[Echo_of_thunder 1]

I would have to disagree with the use of w3schools.com on that, there AJAX tutorial hardly even covers the basic. I would suggest that puneye learns Javascript (here) and HTML (here), then look at the AJAX tutorial (here). AJAX still is incrediby useful and being able to build a web application is a great skill. The main issue with AJAX is that sometimes you need to know a third party coding language, such as ASP or PHP, then it becomes an issue.

I have to agree with trip on this one Puneye, You would come out a lot better to learn say HTML, ASP or PHP 1st before going into AJAX. and as for w3school? I ask agree. good for a small refrence but thats about it. You could also download you one of the many free editors and play around with that to learn too. Not a good idea some may say but I feel learning by your own mistakes are the best way to learn. what I do know of HTML and a little PHP I have learned all my trail and error.

[k_nitin_r 8]

Hi!My take on AJAX is that you shouldn't think about hand-coding all of the AJAX calls and server responses. Instead, look for a framework that does that for you on your development platform.If you're working with ASP.NET, check out the Microsoft AJAX Extensions (available as an add-on for ASP.NET 2.0; built into ASP.NET 3.5). The UpdatePanel control offers AJAX capabilities, although it is very very inefficient - you can use it for prototyping or for building quick-n-dirty solutions. The ScriptManager control can generate Javascript proxies for calling server-side code leaving you to just add the client-side scripts.Regards,Nitin

[chinmay 0]

I want to Master in Ajax. Anybody can help me ?

There is no one place for learning ajax. some topics are easy to understand from w3schools and other topics from elsewhere.
Its better you get the topic list from w3schools and search them on google and read some source codes.
If you just want to use it, use some framework

You might also try IBM Developer Works for good tutorials and go to tgmc.in website and there are some links for learning ajax, xml etc
Edited May 9, 2009 by chinmay (see edit history)

[k_nitin_r 8]

I want to Master in Ajax. Anybody can help me ?

Hi!

Unless you ask a specific question, all you're going to get in the forum is a link to a tutorial on learning AJAX.

I suggest you start off with the link from the W3C website posted earlier. After you are familiar with how the XmlHttp request object works, you can move on to using a library that provides some degree of abstraction.

If you prefer to work with Javascript, you can use the jQuery language and an application server capable of running server-side Javascript. If you are an ASP.NET developer, install the Microsoft AJAX Extensions and use the UpdatePanel. You can find an AJAX framework for just about any web development framework.

Regards,
Nitin

[puneye 0]

If you prefer to work with Javascript, you can use the jQuery language and an application server capable of running server-side Javascript.

Ya surely, I want to work with Javascript. I have no Idea of JQuery can you help me where can i learn it (online). I hope you help me.

[k_nitin_r 8]

Ya surely, I want to work with Javascript. I have no Idea of JQuery can you help me where can i learn it (online). I hope you help me.

Hi!

I think I need to step back and correct myself - when I said "jQuery language", I meant "jQuery library". jQuery provides you with common functions that you would normally write yourself in Javascript. The benefit that jQuery gives you is that you get to work with tested code that is optimized by the jQuery developers with every release.

Depending on what you want to do, jQuery offers a different set of functions so you can pick up a specific tutorial here:
http://learn.jquery.com/

Since you've mentioned about AJAX in your original post, I'd like to mention that you have to combine Javascript with a server-side technology such as PHP, server-side Javascript, Java Server Pages/Servlets, ASP.NET, ColdFusion etc. If you scroll down on the jQuery tutorial page with the "Using jQuery with", you'll find tutorials specific to a server-side technology. Don't get me wrong here - each server-side language does not implement it's own formats, but how the requests and responses are encoded in the format does vary (Eg. array instead of multiple parameters).

If you want to do something that the tutorials do not address, you can look up the API in the documentation or you can search their plugin repository from here:
http://api.jquery.com/

Regards,
Nitin