Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Ajax and displaying information

Hi everyone:

a) Say, i have a website and a user types a keyword to search for a particular item which has to be retrieved from the databases using the "Search box", would Ajax help me in anyway. If not, what would be the best solution so that the information is displayed to the user in the shortest amount of time.

b) What doe Ajax really do and when is it useful to omplement Ajax in your website design ? (Help! I am new to programming so I would appreciate it if I could get like a simple explanation :)

Thanks
Lisa Green

AJAX can be used to update the user's page after it has initially been sent to the users browser (by using javascript as it's language to make and receive calls to the web server), and without the full page having to post back. It could be used in your situation, however it should only be used to enhance the existing functionality of the site so if you do use it, make sure you still provide this functionality to those users who can't (or don't want to) take advantage of the AJAX methods.

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