This is just a quick entry for me to jot down some caveats that I encountered while making a simple instant messaging application for the browser using Asynchronous JavaScript, XML and PHP. Read the rest of this entry ...

§80 · April 21, 2005 · Ajax, JavaScript, PHP, Software, Technology, Tips, Web, XML · Comments Off on Ajax Gotchas ·


In designing a little on-line chat program accessible through a web browser, I came across what was one of the most frustrating problems in my software development career. Read the rest of this entry ...

§83 · April 19, 2005 · Ajax, JavaScript, PHP, Software, Technology, Web, XML · Comments Off on Passing Text Between Web Components ·


I've been working on learning JavaScript over the last month or so and I've come to a point where I've started to delve into the hot topic of "Asynchronous JavaScript, DHTML and Server-side Programming", or as some pundits have termed it "Ajax". The 'x' is supposed to stand for XML since one of the primary enablers for this technology is the JavaScript object XMLHttpRequest (though you can use it to return any type of text). Read the rest of this entry ...

§79 · April 11, 2005 · Ajax, JavaScript, PHP, Software, Technology, Web, XML · 1 comment ·