Ajax Bible
Chapter One
Essential Ajax
IN THIS CHAPTER
Introducing Ajax
Looking at Ajax in action
Conducting Ajax Live Searches
Using Ajax chat
Enabling Autocomplete
Dragging and dropping with Ajax
Using Ajax-enabled shopping
carts
Welcome to the Ajax Bible! This is the home of all things Ajax.
Ajax is the new technology that's blazing through the Internet,
igniting Web sites everywhere. The Ajax revolution has come,
and it's changing the Internet. In fact, Ajax is the basis of what's being called
Web 2.0, the next version of the World Wide Web.
So what's it all about? The central idea is making Web applications look and
feel just like desktop applications. For example, take a look at Figure 1.1,
where you see the familiar Google search page. Enter a term to search for,
such as "Ajax," and click the Google Search button.
The screen flashes as it's updated with new data, and the matches that Google found to your search
term appear, as you see in Figure 1.2.
That works OK, but that's not the Ajax w ... read full excerpt from: Ajax Bible (Bible #528) ebook
