Ajax For Dummies®

Chapter 12. Ten Super-Useful Ajax Resources

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The original Ajax article that started it all

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Some super Ajax sites

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Ajax tutorials

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Ajax discussion groups

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XMLHttpRequest object reference pages

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There’s plenty of Ajax help on the Internet, ready to give you all sorts of information and advice. You can find a good list of Ajax resources in this chapter, including the Web address for the original article by Jesse James Garrett of Adaptive Path that started the whole Ajax juggernaut going. You can also get wrapped up in any of the Ajax blogs and discussion groups that I introduce here.

Don’t forget, this being the Internet, that URLs can change without notice. And also keep in mind that the Ajax phenomenon is still exploding — more sites, frameworks, and discussions are appearing all the time. Keep in touch with the Ajax community online — there are great days ahead.

The Original Ajax Page

www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives /000385.php

Yep, this is the big one, the original Ajax page where Jesse James Garrett coined the term Ajax. This article, named “Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications,” even includes a nice picture of Jesse. Although some people have noted that all the technologies involved in Ajax were in use ...