August 4th, 2005

Recommended Site: Watkins Get His Ajax On

by Joshua Porter  |   Comments

There are lots of sites out there dedicated to the new UI approach dubbed Ajax, most of which relay interesting news on the subject. Few, however, actually talk about what’s going on behind the scenes. You know, all that Javascript stuff: creating objects, DOM manipulation, XMLHTTPRequest, etc.

A buddy of mine, Jeff Watkins, who has probably been writing Javascript longer than you or I have known about it, has launched a new site that fills this void called Nerd.Newburyport. He’s got several posts up so far, and reading through them I’ve learned a lot.

And yes, that kick butt Search function is Ajax…

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