How to make an ajax front-end by Jonathan Arkell

"I learnt a lot about how cool Javascripts Object System is, and how to use Functional Programming with JS."

How I did it: I Rolled my own Ajax layer, instead of using an off-the-shelf solution like jQuery or Prototype.  I learnt a lot about Javascripts programming model (Functional, and Prototype OO) as well as some more about the HTTP transport layer.  Made me a much better web developer.

Lessons & tips: Ignore the frameworks.  Everyone knows how easy it is to do Ajax with a framework.  That won't help you one bit.

Resources: The HTTP Spec


 

Nov 10, 2009, 03:29PM PST | 2 comments


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Nov 10, 2009, 04:20PM PST

Jonathan Arkell

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A framework won’t teach you the ins-and-outs of JS, HTTP, and the underlying technology. It’ll just teach you the framework specific way to handle AJAX.

Nothing inherently wrong with that if you want to do some AJAX fast.

Nov 11, 2009, 05:14PM PST | Respond to this


 

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