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Spinning the Web using AJAX
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03/31/2006, By digitmag.co.uk
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AJAX is one of the buzzwords of the Web 2.0 revolution. We look at the technology, and the new ways developers seek to make money from the Web.
The coding and design talent at Google’s disposal has pushed Web development in many innovative directions, and other programmers are poised to follow its lead.
The company has also backed and acquired key players in the Web 2.0 world, but its biggest Web 2.0 splash, comes from internally created services.
The company unwittingly catalyzed the mania around one of the year’s most-talked-about technologies, AJAX. The acronym stands for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Extensible Markup Language), an unwieldy but potent bundle christened by Jesse James Garrett, the director of user experience strategy for Internet consultancy Adaptive Path.
AJAX resonates now because the tech world is finally ready for it. In so many ways, Web 2.0 feels like dot-com déjà vu. Startups are hot again, venture capitalists are excited, programmers can cook creative new applications at home in their spare time, and users are willing to put in the effort to incorporate exotic new technologies into their lives. But many of the actual tools for building Web 2.0 programs, like JavaScript, have been around for years. The technology was available. It was the society that needed time to catch up.
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