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Learn AJAX in 30 seconds, best tutorial ever!

rajshekhar.net — This is by far the best, easiest tutorial I have ever seen for AJAX. It makes things so simple, you can really learn to use basic AJAX in 30 seconds. If you know any bit of PHP this tutorial is what you need to read!

Who dugg this? Made popular Sep 6, 2005

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  • rhyno2000, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Not 30 seconds, not really a "tutorial", and doesn't really "explain" AJAX. More like the hello world intro...
  • voltage, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3http://pics.drugstore.com/prodimg/72645/200.jpg

    :)
  • TokenUser, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2No scrubbing bubbles?
  • iChainsaw, on 10/20/2007, -0/+1oh wait, i fixed it. i recommend to anyone who is just copying and pasting: remove the "..." and comment over / do something /. damn...i code with ajax and i didn't catch that at first :D.
  • iChainsaw, on 10/20/2007, -0/+1i understand the code, but when i tried implementing it...it didn't work. heh, oh well. nice tutorial :D.
  • bbliss17, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1Not bad
  • bioskope, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1well if you're looking at IE 6 and below then you need to use XMLHTTP because those versions used an ActiveX Object provided by MSXML to invoke the XMLHttpRequest. But in IE 7 AJAX functionality has been seperated from an ActiveX enabled environment and is a native script object so that even if ActiveX were to be disabled, we could still use XMHTTP enabled web apps.
  • Avaya, on 12/09/2008, -0/+1a good overview.
  • Standaman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is great thanks for submitting it. This definitely helped me get started.
  • andr3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0You don't "learn" it in 30 seconds, but it could be a good jump start for fellows out there.

    it doesn't talk about sending POST requests, just GET. Nor does it tap into the XML part, as rmassie said.
    I did something of the sort in my blog.. although i simply called it "my first steps in ajax" which probably would be a better title for this but still, it's diggable.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0digg lite
  • rmassie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This method isn't technically full-blown AJAX because it cuts out the client side XML portion. No biggie, it just puts a bit more work on your server side stuff. If you've got a small app its not going to matter much anyway.

    +digg
  • noahhendrix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That has to be the best AJAX tutorial I have ever read. It showed us simpletons how easy an AJAX approach can be. If I would not have found this I would have ended up installing SAJAX or something similar.
  • boxocide, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1uh that's dumb...
    ... i know ajax but that's just code pasted with little descriptions - i'd be impressed for anyone who doesn't know ajax and can educate themselves on it from being on that site for 30 seconds.
  • nthitz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Bubbles or not, this tutorial is impressive. Certainly doesn't mess around telling me how to do useless junk.
  • Akia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That took me 31 seconds to learn. I want my refund! Really, that was a short and simple introduction to what ajax is and how it works. It's not really a full, step-by-step tutorial but it gives a rough idea of the basic way ajax works. +Digg
  • andr3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0boxocide, it gives code to copy/paste, it tells nothing of the mechanisms under this technique. doesn't even describe the properties and methods of the xmlhttpreq object.
  • andr3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0just leaving the link for a more complete yet simple tutorial:
    http://developer.apple.com/internet/webcontent/xmlhttpreq.html

    still lacks some important stuff though.
  • BugMeNot2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Pff. More like 5 minutes.
  • spadin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0One question though. Is it required to call 'ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")' for Internet Explorer clients?
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0so good I'd already blogged it.
  • jense, on 12/10/2007, -0/+0Great Ajax tutorial. You can also learn Ajax with some of the great MyEclipse tutorials.
    http://www.myeclipseide.com/module-htmlpages-displ ...
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0daaaaaamn those Ajax scrubbing bubbles ran faster than a bat out of hell.

    is all about keeping it simple and real baby.

    digg for you.
  • spadin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I liked it too. Everytime I search for an AJAX tutorial I see a bunch of graphs that make things complicated. This one simple example pretty much explained it completely for me. I'm smart enough to figure out how to do anything else I might need.
  • tdkyo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The best beginner's AJAX tutorial out there IMO.
  • motionblur, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That was a good quick riff on AJAX for the uninitiated. Dugg.
  • Weezel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I can't even read that in 30 seconds but its a good resource :p
  • ext237, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Good stuff. More like this!
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Awesome digg thanks a ton for submitting it!
    http://www.geek2us.net
    Coffee
  • snowthrower, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0That wasnt really a tutorial. It was some code with descriptions of what it did. Doesnt explain how to form code, etc. Sorry, no digg.

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