What is AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML)? AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is a technique aimed at creating better and faster interactive web apps by combining several programming tools, ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. It was great to see the 2.3 release of JavaServer Faces finalized last week. When JSF 2.0 came ...

In modern web development, AJAX (asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is a technique that allows web applications to communicate with a server asynchronously, retrieving and sending data without ...

This morning we reported that the comments on Facebook are being indexed by Google. Google’s Matt Cutts just confirmed on Twitter that Google is now able to “execute AJAX/JS to index some dynamic ...

The foundation that makes AJAX possible is the communication layer with the server. The most complete option for performing this communication is the JavaScript XMLHttpRequest object. If ...

Although the acronym AJAX is fairly straightforward, derived from Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, it’s significant because it captures a paradigm shift in the delivery of Web page content. The AJAX ...

If you want to call a service you can—but the service can't call you back. WebSockets offers the potential for real, two way communications -- and it's as simple as calling a Web Service. The idea ...