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AJAX : An Introduction

(Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) AJAX is an acronym coined by Jesse James Garrett in February 2005. Since then this technology has created a lot of excitement in the web programming community with none other than Google endorsing its credibility by using it in its map and mail applications.

The excitement is understandable considering the advantages AJAX brings. First and foremost, it greatly simplifies software distribution. Browsers load AJAX applications automatically. Customers are often reluctant to install custom applications, but most people can be convinced to visit a Web site.

The AJAX approach has several other advantages, as well. JavaScript running on the client reduces bandwidth and processing demands on the server. Well-designed code that is truly asynchronous also gives the server more time to respond to queries, reducing this load even further by spreading out peak demands. It even increases security by encrypting data on the client side, before it travels across the network.
 
Some of the buzz surrounding AJAX has been generated by Web designers as well as programmers. AJAX ’s flexibility is invigorating for Web designers because JavaScript can control any aspect of any images or type on a page. Fonts can grow or shrink. Tables can add or lose lines. Colors can change. Although none of these capabilities are new to programmers accustomed to building client applications -- or, for that matter, Java applets -- they are novelties to Web designers who would otherwise be forced to rely on Macromedia Flash.

Ajax is a significant step in narrowing the gap between desktop and web applications. With the use of Ajax , web applications can boast of faster processing times by doing away with unnecessary page refreshes.

Understanding the inherent advantages of this technology, we are using Ajax extensively for application development. We have developed several complex web applications in Ajax like Content and Document Management systems.

If you are looking for Ajax programmer / Programmers or web developers, Ajax software developers, please contact us. We have developed several Web applications using Ajax Support like CMS and DMS. We can provide Ajax samples or example web applications to show the effectiveness that Ajax brings to web application speed.

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