The tutorial discusses some of the limitations of the JSP application design and shows how a lightweight Ajax-based solution can help to overcome them. It introduces basic Ajax concepts and a popular Java toolkit called Direct Web Remoting (DWR). You'll convert the application to a lightweight design.
In this article, the first of three parts, you will start creating a simple web-based POP 3 client using AJAX, which will use "XMLHttpRequest" objects to retrieve messages from a mail server.
In this article, the first of three parts, you will start creating a simple web-based POP 3 client using Ajax, which will use "XMLHttpRequest" objects to retrieve messages from a mail server.
The XMLHttpRequest object is a handy JavaScript object that offers a convenient way for Web pages to get information from servers without refreshing themselves. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate through a series of baby steps just how easy it is to use the XMLHttpRequest object
This is an example of a good use of Ajax, and at the same time keeps it simple. It is a zip code verifier. As soon as the person enters the zip code it makes a request to the server to see if the zip code is in the database, and returns the city and state.