AJAX Solutions can be used by web developers to create amazing applications. Dozens of projects, even Gmail, made with AJAX provide new interactivity for applications that can have enhanced user functionality. Using AJAX, better, faster, more flexible web solutions are available. AJAX is the first step toward web applications of the future.
What exactly is AJAX? AJAX is an acronym for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, and though some think it’s a new programming language, it’s really not. AJAX is basically XHTML, DOM, CSS, XML, XMLHttpRequest used together to do one thing, which is to improve the user-server interaction.
• To better understand AJAX, check out some articles about it.
• To learn the AJAX basics, look up some tutorials.
• To learn about CSS, look up some articles and tutorials.
Remember: Google is your friend!
Contained in this article are 80+ AJAX scripts and resources you should have at your side while designing your own applications. Auto-completion, instant field editing, menus, calendars, interactive elements, visual effects, animation, basic Javascript, as well as an extensive developer’s suite are contained here for a useful toolbox, so that you don’t have to go through a huge list of bookmarks.
Auto Complete Scripts
2. AJAX Autocompleter / script.aculo.us library
4. Ajax autosuggest/autocomplete from database
Instant Editor Scripts
7. AJAX & CSS Flickr-like Editing Fields
Tab and Menu Scripts
9. 14 Tab-Based Interface Techniques
11. AJAX Dialogs, Menus, Grids, Trees and Views
12. AJAX Tab Module - Closeable Implementation
14. MooTabs - Tiny tab class for MooTools
15. Dynamically loaded articles
Calendar/Datetime Scripts
16. AJAX Datetime Toolbocks - Intuitive Date Input Selection
17. AJAX Calendars
Interactive Elements Scripts
20. Ajax poller
Developer’s Suite Scripts
21. AJAX HistoryManager, Pagination
24. AJAX Tooltips: Nice Titles revised | Blog | 1976design.com
25. 40+ Tooltips Scripts With AJAX, JavaScript & CSS | Smashing Magazine
29. ModalBox — An easy way to create popups and wizards
31. Fly to basket
33. Disable form submit on enter keypress
Enhanced Solutions
36. Altering CSS Class Attributes with JavaScript
37. Select Some Checkboxes JavaScript Function
39. amCharts: customizable flash Pie & Donut chart
40. PJ Hyett : The Lightbox Effect without Lightbox
Forms
41. AJAX Upload Form
44. Ajax.Form
46. Really easy field validation
47. AJAX fValidate
49. wForms
Tables and Grids
50. Data Grids with AJAX, DHTML and JavaScript | Smashing Magazine
51. Grid3 Example
52. AJAX Table Sort Script (revisited)
54. AJAX TableKit
Showcases, Galleries, and Lightbox Scripts
55. 30 Scripts For Galleries, Slideshows and Lightboxes | Smashing Magazine
56. AJAX LightBox, Sexy Box, Thick Box
57. AJAX Lightbox JS
58. AJAX Unobtrusive Popup - GreyBox
59. SmoothGallery: Mootools Mojo for Images | Full gallery
60. AJAX Libraries and Frameworks
Animation and Visual Effects Scripts
61. How to Create Digg Comment Style Sliding DIVs with Javascript and CSS
62. How to Create a Collapsible DIV with Javascript and CSS
63. How to Create an Animated, Sliding, Collapsible DIV with Javascript and CSS
64. AJAX Shopcart
69. Combination Effects in scriptaculous wiki
Useful Javascript Scripts
71. 9 Javascript(s) you better not miss!
72. Top 10 custom JavaScript functions of all time
73. Hyperdisc Materials: JavaScript: Top 10: Automatic Breadcrumb Trail
74. JavaScript: Top 10 Most Useful JavaScripts
75. My Favorite Javascripts for Designers: Blakems.com ?
More Resources and Galleries
76. Max Kiesler - mHub : Ajax and rails examples & how-to’s
77. Ajax Resources
78. DZone Snippets: Store, sort and share source code, with tag goodness
