AJAX revolution...

Mixed opinions flood the web about all new technologies. The only difference is that this particular technology is to revolutionalize the web itself. AJAX is to change the way that we view content. Now this language is in serious need of standardization. A lot of pioneering coders have implemented serious logic errors while maintaining that "it looks cool." The main reason AJAX is looked down upon is simply because of the fact that all it offers, all the glamor is capable of rendering, can easily be taken advantage of, and exploited, turning it into the next Flash: All style and no substance.

I would say with maturation this language posseses what the web needs to keep on top of the game of web fashion, while still providing adequate measures of reliablity to still offer the substance sites provide to date. This provides a lot more bells and whistles, giving web developers the options needed to develop a true unique solution or sense of style.

"Browsers whose JavaScript Interpreters provide the XMLHttpRequest object can make nonblocking calls back to the server. The server can return peices of HTML to be displayed, JavaScript to be run by the browser, or indeed any data you like."
-Rick Wayne of Software Development magazine

Mr. Waynes latest craze is integrating AJAX into his future productions utilizing a dynamic scripting solution called Ruby on Rails. This open source platform integrates easily with database architecture (mostly automating the process for you) and is not hard to pick up. Making that latest idea come to life with the latest technology web programming and design has to offer is only getting better. At least check it out, so you're not left behind.

For more on Ruby on Rails with AJAX check out O'Reilly

from the AJAX wiki

Articles

• Compilation of AJAX articles, by Robson Junior


• Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications, by Jesse James Garrett. The original article which coined the term


• Beginners Guide to Ajax A quick no-nonsense tour of the fundamental Ajax principles, with example code


• Ajax: Usable Interactivity with Remote Scripting Introduction on how to use Ajax



• Guide to Using XMLHttpRequest (with Baby Steps) Tutorial by Bill Bercik introducing XmlHttpRequest


• Implementing Ajax in ASP.NET using the Ajax.NET wrapper by Karl Seguin


• Rasmus' 30-Second AJAX Tutorial A simple but functional example and ad hoc tutorial posted by Rasmus Lerdorf of PHP fame.



• AJAX:Getting Started Article by Mozilla.org.


• State of Ajax: Progress, Challenges, and Implications for SOAs


• Ajax's Achilles Heel maps.google.com with Javascript disabled


• Why Ajax Matters Now by Jesse James Garrett


• Ajax gives software a fresh look Blurring the line between desktop and Web applications.



• Ajax for Java developers: Build dynamic Java applications IBM developerWorks Article by Philip McCarthy


• Javascript Refactoring for safer, faster, better AJAX by Pavel Simakov