(Manikandan.net) In Web Forms, we use AJAX to invoke server side methods from the client-side (from JavaScript). AJAX internally uses XMLHttpRequest. I have tested a number of AJAX functions implemented in different ways. Also, I have monitored the performance and life cycle of AJAX calls. I have fo

(Sanjeev Sawai) VoiceXML is quickly becoming the standard language used for developing interactive voice response and speech-enabled self-service applications. Applications that were previously deployed only on the Web are now easily made available via the phone, giving customers a consistent, conve

(Scott Golightly) Test Web Services quickly and more efficiently without having to write full-blown applications each time by using .NET reflection and the CodeDOM to dynamically generate a proxy to a Web Service.

(Wouter van Vugt) About a year ago, I became very enthusiastic. I found a new attribute in the framework which allows me to determine the WSDL contract which describes my objects. Used in conjunction with the IXmlSerializable interface, I can also make sure the serializer pumps out the correct XML,

(Tony Patton) The last couple of weeks we’ve examined the AJAX approach to browser-based development with the XMLHttpRequest object and JavaScript. While working with XML data is straightforward, you can easily manipulate XML with XSLT stylesheets. However, using XSLT in the browser is limited, so s

(Lau Ho Lam and Wilfred Ng) We present an XML query language based on the Nested Relational Sequence Model (the NRSM), which is an extension of the Nested Relational Data Model in order to handle XML data. The query language provides the users with a set of formal algebraic operations for manipulat

(edmon) I like the richness and liveliness of the Google personal home page, Live.com and My Yahoo. All the drag-and-drop functionality, live bookmarks and interactivity brings boring HTML pages to life.

(Lori A. MacVittie) When Microsoft releases Windows Vista, the new operating system will support more dynamic and active graphics. The cornerstone for building these new user interfaces is XAML (“Zammel”), an XML-based markup language that works with Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Vista’s ne

(Uche Ogbuji) This article introduces Resource Description Framework (RDF), developed by the W3C for Web-based metadata, using XML as an interchange syntax. RDF’s essential aim is to make work easier for autonomous agents, which would refine the Web by improving search engines and service directorie

(Kulvir Singh Bhogal and Mark Talbot) Most Web browsers, including Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, can now do XML transformations directly within the browser. XML transformations can also be done on an application server. You explore both approaches in this article. First, use a ser