AjaxCoded

It’s always interesting to watch how new technologies get incorporated to major sites. The Amazon Online reader looks like an excellent implementation of Ajax and Web 2.0.
Just look for the Search Inside graphic attached to any item. Once activated, the search inside Ajax system allows you to see different parts of the book. Each item is a little different and can include the covers, table of contents and excerpts.
This type system would be very helpful on intranets allowing company employees to browse through documentation and files.
Click on the graphic to launch the reader and see for yourself.

The WSCraft website boasts the ability to develop powerful internet and intranet solutions with just HTML familiarity. Tools like this are essential to today’s development climate. For the individual or smaller group developers it is hard to stay up to date with all the tools and keep a good creative development mentality at the same time. WSCraft licenses run from $35 to $659. The requirements for installation include PHP 4.2 or above, # mySQL 4.0 or above and Zend Optimizer installed.
As a development platform, WSCraft enables Web designers who are familiar with HTML to create/deploy powerful dynamic sites without [...]

Have you ever wanted to harness some of the Google power ?
Now you can. Google has released their GWT (Google Web Toolkit) to help develop Ajax applications using Java. They also supply a lot of sample code to help jump start your efforts. Google continues to show that they are not only willing to keep developing killer apps, but also to help the Internet community learn how to leverage the power of the Internet.
The Getting Started Guide is excellent and will have you creating Ajax applications in a hurry.

AJAX has the power to make your site more compelling and [...]

Here is an excellent example of a simple yet functional Ajax application. The Instant Domain Check let’s you start typing in a domain name and begins checking the results immediately. Although it is a simple and fun exercise, it is also very helpful. Using a base word to try and find an available domain is a snap.

“This easy tool will allow you to check the availability of domains instantly. There is no page load, you simply type your domain and the system will automatically query your input. Start your domain searching today!” Source : Instant Domain Check

The new Lightbox has been published at Huddle Together. The installation only takes a couple of minutes and is worth the effort. We used the same images that were used in the previous gallery test.
An advantage of the Lightbox by Lokesh Dhakar would be the easy adaptability to connect to a database. If you wanted to pull the graphics or photos from a db and automatically set them up for the Lightbox it would only require the extra lightbox tag in the output string.
Lightbox JS is a simple, unobtrusive script used to overlay images on the current page. It’s [...]

AgileGallery does something that really sets it apart from a lot of the Ajax code we review and discuss. Instead of running code on a third party server you actually install the code on your own site. The only downside is you can not install the gallery on a site where you do not have access, such as a blog on BlogSpot.
For our test we used some drawings from my desktop and followed the instructions. The entire process only took a few minutes and we had a photo gallery up and running.
To see the results, click here.
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24Eyes is a RSS Dashboard aggregator. Unlike Bloglines and most other aggregators it allows users to place RSS feeds from specific sites together in a very user friendly format.
Is it a better format? That would depend on how you want your information formatted.
The downside is the user is limited to pre determined feeds, or OPML feeds and to read a article reguires a new window to open.
Overall very nice looking site, it is just up to your personal taste as to the usability of this aggregator.
Link : 24eyes - The Premium RSS Dashboard on the Internet

ajaxXLS was just released. There could be some real benefits to an Ajax app like this. Excel is a rather expensive solution and it would be nice to load up a spreadsheet from anywhere. So that is exactly what I tried to do.
I went to the site and followed the simple instructions. For this test I used a very small spreadsheet I have to balance a checkbook. It is one page, 5 columns x 27 rows. The first image is the original XLS file.

Now, here is the file as it loaded into ajaxXLS.

As you can see the formatting is not [...]

Here is a nice little tutorial on using Ajax to create drop down menu boxes. Adam does a good job of walking through the easy development of this and supplies us with samples and source code.
In our example, we’ll use a pair of dropdown menu boxes (SELECT tags in HTML). A selection in the first box affects our list of choices in the second box. It’s not exactly cutting edge (Thau did something similar using JavaScript), but it’s a proof of concept.
Link : Nitty Gritty Ajax: by Adam DuVander 12 Apr 2006

Although there are a lot of tutorials that have the same basic syntax and characteristics it is educational to look through as much as you can.
Every programmer has their own unique way of writing and documenting (or not) code and sometimes one particular style or structure may strike you differently and open up something that was not apparent before.
With that said, here are a few more tutorials to check out.
Link : DP- AJAX Tutorials