May 26, 2005
Buzz, buzz, buzz… Ajax. A recently coined term for combining JavaScript with XMLHttpRequest technologies, coming to us from AdaptivePath.
In their essay on Ajax, the definition is:
Ajax isn’t a technology. It’s really several technologies, each flourishing in its own right, coming together in powerful new ways. Ajax incorporates:
- standards-based presentation using XHTML and CSS;
- dynamic display and interaction using the Document Object Model;
- data interchange and manipulation using XML and XSLT;
- asynchronous data retrieval using XMLHttpRequest;
- and JavaScript binding everything together.
The main benefits to Ajax are: minimized use of server resources and, as a result, performance. Read this blog entry for a more detailed explanation (and a .NET slant).
Want to see it in action? Check out: Google Suggest and Google Maps.
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