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d3ikJul 30, 2006
I'm a Java developer. I like the technology, I like the Java developer community (Apache Jakarta, etc)... but the tools that Sun puts out usually *suck*. NetBeans? Java Studio Creator 2? As much as I like Java as a development platform, Sun just doesn't seem to "get" developers above the language level.
rbotrosJul 30, 2006
Why mod i440 down, people, instead of just helping him? I know he could've googled it, but not the whole world is pc pros and u should'nt let him hate the digg community like that. If u're so cool and know what "AJAX" is, u should'nt hit anybody who doesn't. Oh, where are the gd old days of helpful diggers..
Closed AccountJul 30, 2006
@RBotrosThere are so many things wrong with your post. I just don't have the time...
cypher35Jul 30, 2006
"Ajax = Asynchronous Javascript and Xml though Xml is not always used."Then it's not Ajax, it's just javascript... xml is an integral part of Ajax.
sugarskaneJul 31, 2006
Why make Ajax so complex? Simple libraries like this: <a class="user" href="http://digg.com/programming/Feather_Ajax_-_a_1KB_Ajax_library">http://digg.com/programming/Feather_Ajax_-_a_1KB_Ajax_library</a>are so much more effective and are actually good learning tools.Although this article might be useful for someone using Java, for a simple Ajax task, a toolkit like this is just way too unnecessary...
dfltrJul 31, 2006
i think what agarwaen meant was that a vanilla xml result isn't always used, for instance a person could refer to the use of innerHTML as not being "xml" (though odds are it would be).plus, ajax is more of a blanket term nowadays. if i grab JSON with an asynchronous request, i'm still going to call it ajax despite the fact that i neither sent nor received any actual xml.