Add AJAX to any Site

AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript And XML) has been all the rage in Website circles for a few years now. Ever since Web developers first learnt of the interactivity offered by the XMLHTTPRequest Method.

The rise of AJAX was thanks in part to the decline of frames. As Web techniques moved on and Search Engines became more relevant frames as a way of setting out content and reloading certain areas of a webpage became insufficient.

The problem was that some browsers displayed sites, which relied on frames poorly, and Search Engines would get lost navigating a heavily framed site.

So using XMLHTTPRequest to transport data from the client to the server and then return a result or perform an action became more desirable.

AJAX has many subsets and can take advantage of many technologies, for eaxmple:

AHAH - Asynchronous HTTP And HTML
AHAXH - Asynchronous HTTP And XHTML
AJAH - Asynchronous Javascript And HTML
AJAT - Asynchronous Javascript And Text
AJAJ - Asynchronous Javascript And JSON

To name just a few.

There are many Javascript Frameworks and libraries freely available, which will allow Website developers to integrate the Holy Grail of application like responsiveness within websites.

An easy to use Ajax Framework is the light weight jQuery Framework