(Xianzhong Zhu) In the previous article we started our examination of three patterns for constructing ASP.NET AJAX-based applications. We were just starting to “ajaxify” JSSK. In this article we continue our exploration of these three patterns.

(Przemek Piotrowski and Mark Townsend) This article covers the process of building a real working AJAX application on top of Oracle’s free database software. The demonstration takes advantage of features integrated directly into Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (Oracle XE), the Embedded PL/SQL Ga

(Mark Birbeck) Progressive enhancement is an approach to web development that has been around for a few years now. (More on PE at Wikipedia.) At its most basic it suggests building our web pages in a ‘clean’ and uncluttered way, and then layering functionality onto the mark-up using various mechanis

(William Brogden) At the JavaOne conference in May, Sun Microsystems Inc. announced a new product line called JavaFX, composed of JavaFX Script and JavaFX Mobile. The JavaFX scripting language is intended to make it easier to use the Java "swing" user interface library to create rich user interfaces

(Simon Sprott) XML Data Binding allows you to manipulate an XML document via a set of simple objects. The rules defining the ‘shape’ of the XML document are described in an XML schema. Typically, it is possible to read an XML document into an XML binding library and manipulate it programmatically vi

(Xianzhong Zhu) As one of the full-fledged AJAX frameworks, Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX holds many excellent features that deserve to be carefully explored. In this article, we will focus on one topic — how to use the Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX framework (“MS AJAX” for short later on) to develop web applica

(Robi Sen) With the proliferation of simple XML APIs, Web services, and Rich Internet Applications (RIAs), more organizations have adopted XML as a data format for everything from configuration files to remote procedure calls. Some people have even used XML documents instead of more traditional flat

(Nicholas Chase) Atom lets you provide an easy way to manage lots of data, but there will come a point at which you need to add some sort of categorization to make that data manageable. This tip shows you how to use categories with Atom feeds and the Atom API. Although you will naturally add categor

(Brian Jones) I’m going to try to get back on top of all the e-mails folks have been sending me. If you’ve e-mailed me over the past 6 months the odds are that I didn’t reply yet, and I’m sorry about that. I’ll start reading through the e-mails again and rather than just replying directly I’ll actua

(Madhu AP) About a year back, the name Ajax would have evoked two thoughts. One, it is the name of a great Greek mythological character who fought in the Trojan War. Two, it is the name of a popular European football club.