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March 2006 Meeting Information

March 14, 2006
Using Java for Developing Ajax-Enabled Web Applications

Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XMLHttpRequest) is a relatively new technology that allows client-side JavaScript to establish asynchronous socket communications with the web server. Ajax isn't a language; it's essentially a method of utilizing existing technologies: (a) JavaScript, (b) the HTML Document Object Model, and (c), the XMLHttpRequest object that has been supported by most browsers for the past few years. This presentation will introduce Ajax, and demonstrate how to use it along with some help from Java to enhance your own web pages.