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Ajax race conditions
Is there a pattern or standard way to handle Ajax race conditions? Take the following example. You have two tables. Clicking a row on table 1 removes the data from DB and then updates table 2 (which ...
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How much PHP do I need to know to use AJAX? [closed]
I am interested in learning to create AJAX calls with Javascript. I already know Javascript and I would like to learn PHP at some point but at the moment I know nothing about it and I don't have the ...
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how to choose a web framework and javascript library?
I've been procrastinating learning some framework for web apps w/ some library for AJAX, something like django with prototype, or turbogears with mootools, or zeta components with dojo, grok, jquery, ...
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Triggering custom events in AJAX callbacks
I'm pretty new to JavaScript, but one of the things that's been frustrating is that our AJAX callbacks have been getting packed with different functionality, making it difficult to keep everything ...
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Easiest way to create static HTML file with sortable and filterable table?
I want to create a static HTML file I can email to someone with a lot of data, and have that data sortable and filterable. What is the easiest to use library or package I can use to get this off the ...
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What to call pure JavaScript standalone (web)apps for which I've not written any server side code?
I've been writing a few tools as standalone webapps for which I have written no server side code and it strikes me that I'm not sure what people call such things.
I like them because they can be ...
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when to load partial views
When creating a website, when should you load partial view and when should you do a complete page refresh?
I was looking at github's site and noticed that pretty much the only place they do partial ...
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455 views
How much AJAX is too much?
My current project is part of a highly linked architecture, with individual systems each owning certain pieces of data, and exposing them RESTfully. Both our web services and our user interface take ...
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1answer
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Who first created or popularized the original XMLHTTPRequest / MSXML?
I'm trying to understand the origins of AJAX, and think MSXML and XMLHTTPRequest were the objects that started it all.
Which came first, and/or became the defacto way to create dynamic pages?
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Why did javascript libraries like knockoutjs, backbonejs, and angularjs only come out in 2010?
Being a relatively new web-developer I am surprised that these libraries didn't exist before. Is there a particular technical or historical reason that at around Sep 2010, a sudden development and ...
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Should we (still) consider a synced XMLHTTPRequest bad practice?
As you may know, XMLHTTPRequest can be used synchronously or asynchronously, but synchronized requests have always been considered bad practice, and I've always agreed with that.
Not only is the ...
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Patterns for ajax-heavy web applications
Up until now, I've been a great fan of the MVC pattern for developing web applications. For the web, I've developed mostly in PHP (with the Kohana and CodeIgniter frameworks) and Ruby (RoR).
As my ...
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What does GWT not provide that straight AJAX coding gives?
For an experience core Java programmer with no AJAX and very little Javascript experience, the GWT is attractive. But, what will I be missing if I just use GWT?
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ASP vs javascript vs jQuery vs User Controls vs AJAX
Increasingly when developing sites I find myself utilising more client side technologies such as Javascript, jQuery and AJAX.
For three different pages I measured the size of the HTML sent to the ...
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Should jQuery DOM manipulation be avoided in favor of JavaScript template engines?
From what I can tell, most developers will use heavy jQuery DOM manipulation tactics to deliver their updated AJAX views. Once things get out of hand, they may consider refactoring using template ...
