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1. What server language are you using?

Reply to samanthamojica (Original post)

Thu May 16, 2013, 09:16 AM

May 2013

ASP.Net, PHP?

Here is a brief tutorial that will allow you to understand the very basics of AJAX:
http://www.w3schools.com/ajax/default.asp

After you get through that, you may want to look at using a JavaScript library like jQuery to submit your requests to the server:
http://www.w3schools.com/jquery/jquery_ajax_intro.asp

After mastering AJAX, which only offers client-to server poll events, you may want to look into some of the newer frameworks that allow for server-to-client push events. Node.js and SignalR are a few of the more popular ones in use.

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Ajax: Where to learn? [View all] samanthamojica May 2013 OP

What server language are you using? ChromeFoundry May 2013 #1

A book I'd highly recommend on Ajax is Bulletproof Ajax by Jeremy Keith. gtar100 Aug 2013 #2