What is Ajax web programming?

AJAX – (Asynchronous Javascript and XML) is Javascript that sends XML to a web server which then sends back updates for specific sections of the web page, instead of the old way of updating the whole page. You can get more sophisticated applications this way.

• Articles
  • Wikipedia article on AJAX
  • Web Software Challenges Microsoft
  • Using Javaserver Faces Technology with AJAX
  • Ajax Debugging With Firebug – Dr. Dobb’s Journal
  • 10 Things IT Needs to Know About Ajax

• Apps and Examples
  • http://numsum.com/ – sharable social spreadsheets
  • http://www.writely.com/
  • Tools and Tutorials and articles about AJAX
    • http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_AJAX/
    • 60 More AJAX Tutorials
    • AJAX Desktop tutorial
  • Advanced RSS Ticket – DynamicDrive
  • Super AJAX Programming Seed

• Frameworks
  • Atlas AJAX Framework for ASP.NET 2.0
  • Adobe’s Spry AJAX Framework
  • Google’s AJAX Toolkit for Java