What is AJAX programming?
November 14th, 2007 by 
Rajiv Menon 
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Remember when the web consisted of nothing more than a few static web sites coded exclusively with HTML? Life was simple back then. Back in 1996, a website could be created in a few minutes by inserting the content into a basic HTML template, and adding some graphics for style. Now, the internet is populated with web sites that are more complex. Modern web sites use anywhere from two to sometimes twenty different programming languages, specifications and scripts. Some of the code runs on the front end, some runs on the back end, and some runs somewhere in between.
We have the wireless revolution to thank for making web programming so arduous. Most wireless devices, such as cell phones, palm tops, laptops, and even computer screens in automobiles, now come equipped with access to the internet and email. These gadgets have web browsers and platforms that are very different from what is installed on a traditional desktop PC. Wireless browsers are often not compatible with many elements of the HTML programming language. Web programming had to evolve to suit the needs of those that surf the net on wireless computers.
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Many developers will tell you that Flex and Ajax are apples and oranges; compliments to one another that aren’t always in direct competition. While this is certainly true, in the space of rich Internet applications (RIAs), there are still many situations where both technologies provide similar solutions to the same problems. The purpose of this article is to provide a comparison between Flex and AJAX in those situations where they are both relevant to the problem at hand. It is intended to be a living document, and I plan to update it frequently as you add your comments, so please feel free to add your opinions and suggestions!