Provided she has experience with a server-side scripting language, of course. The main point is simply that AJAX, although it is a technology that relies heavily on JavaScript, really only requires a few lines of JavaScript in order to work. Once you start the AJAX function with the teeny bit of JavaScript, everything else can be (and probably should be) handled on the back-end through a server-side language.

So, for all of you that are as afraid of AJAX as I was, here is a quick post to teach you everything you need to know about the JavaScript side of AJAX.

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In the footsteps of QuickTime and iTunes, Apple decided to port yet another Macintosh application over to Windows. This time, however, it’s less of a necessity, and more of a “look what we can do” type of move.

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With the release of Firefox 2.0 comes a renewed question for Firefox users. What are your absolute favorite Firefox extensions? Is there one in particular that you simply can’t live without?

For me, I would have to put the HTML Validator at the top of my list. This is a fantastic extension that automatically notifies you if the page you’re viewing is not valid. A small icon in the bottom right corner of your browser informs you whether the page is completely valid, there are warnings on the page, or there are actually errors in the code. Then, if you view the source of the page, HTML Validator lists the warnings and errors on the page, and will bring you straight to the problematic code when you click on the warning or error. To sweeten the pot even further, although this is not a feature I have used extensively, yet, HTML Validator even includes a tool called Tidy, which will attempt to clean up the source for you.

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A design site has posted some good fonts for developers to help ease their eyes…

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We present the Top 5 Cool Links for the week ended 9/1/2006.

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