Best AJAX Resources on the NET

Confused with AJAX? Welcome to the club! Or are you looking for AJAX resources? Hold on tight, this article will show you where to find usefull AJAX resources on the internet.

For those of you who didn't know AJAX is short for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. AJAX is one of web development techniques used for creating interactive web-based applications.

The most important characteristic of AJAX-powered web applications is that it can increase the response, speed, functionality and interactivity by doing all of the data processing "behind the scene" so the web page don't have to reload each time it need to fetch data from other location.

Many people may still confused by how AJAX works. Well, people say that learning from example is the fastest and easiest way to learn something. That's why I'm gonna list several sites that I know would be one of the best place to see some cool AJAX examples and find useful guide plus resources about AJAX techniques.

Ajax Gallery

• AJAX Daddy
  AjaxDaddy list all of the AJAX examples in a neat way. It list the examples just like a photo gallery. You can find tons of usefull stuff in the site. And the great thing is, the site is also powered by AJAX.
• AJAX Rain
  Besides giving you a list of AJAX sample applications, the site also has a article section, although there's only 2 articles in there lol.

Ajax Resources

• Ajaxian - This site probably the best AJAX resources site out there. It list all of the resources based on topics.
• AJAX Solutoire - Massive links and bookmarks on places that provides AJAX resources.
• 25 Excellent Ajax Techniques and Examples
• 100 Ajax Tutorials and Resources
• 80+ AJAX-Solutions For Professional Coding - SmashingMagazine list more than 80 AJAX Solution for Pro.
• Ajax resource center on IBM

And, if you think all of that isn't enough, you can always buy a book about AJAX. Amazon might be a good place to start searching AJAX books.

PS: Image was taken from O'reily's book cover "Ajax: The Definitive Guide"