TSM on 'AJAX' on Sat, 18th Feb 2005 at 10 am

The topic for the next TWINCLING Saturday Meet (TSM) is
AJAX - Asynchronous JavaScript and XML

Ajax is a web development technique for creating dynamic, interactive and richer Web client applications.
The intent is to -

• shift great deal of the interaction to the Client machine (ie. user's computer).


• exchange data with the webserver behind the scenes, so page reload does not happen for every change.


• increase page interactivity, speed and usability.

The focus of the TSM will be -

• understand Ajax architecture


• introduce and discuss key technology components
  - XHTML (markup)
  - CSS (styling)
  - DOM (object tree)
  - JavaScript (script, event handling, controller)
  - XMLHttpRequest (exchange data asynchronously)
  - XML (dataset)
  


• Ajax design patterns
  - nested MVC
  - display manipulation
  - dynamic behaviour
  - web remoting
  - browser-server dialogue
  - DOM population, manipulation
  


• Ajax pros and cons


• Lots of live demos to highlight and explain the concepts

You are invited for this interactive and exciting session.