Ajax: Creating Web Pages with Asynchronous JavaScript and XML

Chapter 16. Other Items of Interest Although I do have a rather loose grip on reality, my grip isn't so loose that I think that the information contained within these pages is the be all and end all concerning asynchronous JavaScript and XML...

16.1. Sarissa Although it's officially only an open source cross-browser JavaScript XML library, Sarissa is one of those libraries whose capabilities extend far beyond the basic XML support that I expected. This is a rare occurrence in today's w...

16.2. JSON and JSON-RPC There's definitely a Greek theme with many of the names involved with using the XMLHttpRequest object. First there is Ajax itself, a legendary hero, followed by Microsoft's version called ATLAS, one of the Titans. Finally, ...

16.3. ATLAS ATLAS is Microsoft's answer to Ajax. Talk about a group that suffers from the "not invented here" syndrome. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this syndrome, it goes something along the lines of this: If we didn't inve...

16.4. The World Wide Web Consortium As I stated earlier, the World Wide Web Consortium is, in most instances, the source of all things Web related. For this reason, I recommend that you occasionally visit its website, www.w3.org, to peruse the hom...

16.5. Web Browsers The scary part about this section is that I had to actually look to see which web browsers are installed on my Toshiba notebook. Over the last several months, my collection has grown beyond my usual two browsers to include the f...

16.6. Summary This chapter served as something of a wrap-up for the entire booka weird wrap-up because, although Ajax has been around for several years, it is still evolving. Examples of this are Sarissa, JSON, and Microsoft's ATLAS, different app...