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June 2008
Ajax Web Components using JSTL and JSP Tags
Learn how to build custom JSP tags with dynamic attributes to facilitate rapid application changes. This article shows how to use JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL) and JSP tag files to implement data binding, page navigation, and style conventions, which make both development and maintenance easier. The last section of this article contains an example that uses Ajax to submit a Web form.
May 2008
Ajax Security Tools
In this article, learn application-strengthening tools, including Firefox tools and add-ons, which you can use to improve or solve security problems within your Ajax applications. Certain vulnerabilities within Ajax applications can allow hackers to reek havoc with your applications. These include identity theft, unprotected access to sensitive information, browser crashes, defacement of Web applications, and Denial of Service attacks.
March 2008
Must-Have Tools for HTML, JavaScript, & AJAX
Use the best open source tools to work with Web pages, scripts, and styles, and make development of new sites and pages easy. Inspect and modify HTML markup, CSS, and JavaScript on the fly, inspect the DOM and client-server communications, and learn how bookmarklets can make development safer and easier.
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July 2007
Create an Autosuggest Field with XForms and Ajax
XForms is a standardized technology that offers many simplification and optimizations that are complimentary to Ajax. In this article you will see some of the benefits of using Ajax and XForms together by implementing an autosuggest-form field, widely used today in web applications.
Get to Know JsonML
The rise of JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) has gone hand-in-hand with the rise of Ajax. JsonML is an extension of JSON that enables you to map XML data using JSON type markup, and this in turn enables you to easily create XML or XHTML data based on JSON markup and to build and exchange user interface (UI) elements.
June 2007
Simplify Ajax Development with Cypal Studio for GWT
Using the Google Web Toolkit (GWT), a Java programmer can write rich Ajax applications completely in the Java programming language. Learn how Cypal Studio for GWT helps create new GWT modules, supports the creation of remote procedure calls, and makes it easy to view and deploy your Web applications.
Develop an End-to-End Ajax Web Application
This article is the first of a three-part series about developing an end-to-end Ajax application using an open source middleware stack. If you're a novice Web developer who can read and understand the code written in XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and SQL, this article is for you. After you're done, you will have a good understanding of the basic concepts of Ajax and its potential in the context of a three-tier Web application scenario.
January 2007
Handy AJAX Applications in WebSphere Portal
Preserve keyed input, enable simultaneous portlet updates, and poll the server for application events learning how to use AJAX with IBM WebSphere Portal Version 5.1.3 for Multiplatforms.
December 2006
JSF and Ajax: Web 2.0 Made Easy with RAD V7
Creating and integrating an Ajax application is not an easy task, but the release of IBM Rational Application Developer (RAD) V7 provides Ajax functionality for the JSF components to make the task much easier. This article explains how to use Ajax and JSF together in RAD V7 and walks you through an example of adding Ajax support to an existing application.
Why Ajax Works So Well with Ruby
The hype for Ajax, a technique for making Web pages more interactive, is in overdrive. In this article, find out why Ajax works so well with the flourishing Ruby on Rails framework to make Ajax on Rails a powerful combination.
Kick-Start Your Java Apps with Ajax
by 1 otherDiscover how to use Eclipse, DB2 Express-C, and WebSphere Application Server Community Edition -- all free to download, use, and deploy -- to create cutting-edge lightweight applications with relative ease. This tutorial shows you how to move an application from a conventional design, using JavaServer Pages (JSP), to one based on Ajax technology.
October 2006
Rich Ajax Slide Shows with DHTML and XML
by 1 otherLearn to create an Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax) client-side slide show that's animated using "Ken Burns Effects." Here, you discover how to build XML data sources for Ajax, request XML data from the client, and then dynamically create and animate HTML elements with that XML.
Working the “X” in Ajax
Even casual Ajax developers will notice the x in Ajax, and realize that it stands for XML. In this article, you'll see how servers can send XML in response to a request. XML is one of the most popular data formats in any programming medium, and offers real advantages for server responses in asynchronous applications.
June 2006
Ajax and SVG Best Practices for Location-Aware Applications
Learn the concepts behind IBM Enterprise LAS middleware and write a simple location-tracking Web application with the help of Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax) and Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) technologies. Be on your way to building faster location-tracking systems that can easily integrate with positioning/sensoring technologies such as RFID and Zigbee.
Ajax Back, Forward, Reload and PHP
A major challenge of Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax)-driven Web sites is the lack of a Back button. We will use JavaScript to create a history stack for the Ajax photo gallery built in Part 1 of this two-part "Developing PHP the Ajax way" series. This history stack will closely mirror the history utility found in Web browsers, and it will be used to provide Back, Forward, and Reload buttons for the application.
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