Learn how to develop a simple AIR/JavaScript client that communicates with Google's cloud-based solution for personal health information management, Google Health.

See how you can tighten security gaps using JavaScript and practices such as the Same Origin Policy, Data Tainting, and Signed Scripts.

Learn how to implement all types of JWL AJAX Components into your projects. (JWL is IBM's JavaScript-based Widget Library.)

Have you ever wanted to implement auto-suggest text fields? Take a look at the new Ajax-based web widgets to auto-complete user queries.

The Yahoo user interface (YUI) library allows you to easily develop cool web tricks with less code. Discover how you can create a faux lightbox, create transition effects on page elements, add widgets to your pages, and easily make AJAX requests using a single JavaScript library set.

Learn about new Web 2.0 effects and the technologies behind them. Follow the evolution of the Web UI effects and Rich Client Applications and see how to implement the latest Glass Shadow Web 2.0 effect.

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Learn how object-based JavaScript can be used to clone and fix the position of a grid header, handling runtime changes in the associated grid's appearance.

Get the scoop on Google's powerful JavaScript AJAX APIs, AJAX Search, and AJAX Feed. Learn how to easily embed rich Internet search and Feed content gathered by Google into your Web pages with just a few lines of JavaScript.

See how to make your web clients read or play content to its users. You will experiment with JavaScript from the command line, learn a JavaScript debugging technique that might be useful, and see how to load the Speech API and ask it to read the ALT (text) attribute of HTML controls.

Implement an Ajax-enabled scrollable table, in which rows are dynamically fetched from the server, as the user scrolls, without the whole page refreshing. This technique is unique and very convenient for implementing pages with a lot of dynamic content in a readable form; for instance, a live news feed.

Learn how to write the Java code necessary to make effective use of the DOM class in the Google Web Toolkit.

Take a look at the Yahoo User Interface (YUI) library. If you are looking for a solid AJAX framework to help with rich user interface development or just want to code some AJAX, the YUI can be a great start.

Learn how to write the Java code necessary to perform drag-and-drop operations in AJAX using the GWT and Java.  Also learn a little more about the use of the FocusListener and ClickListener interfaces.

Review several implementations of Rich Text Editors (RTE) that dynamically apply HTML markup to plain text before it is submitted to the server. You will see how to install several versions of the editor widgets, and then determine which is best for you.

Discover a great open source solution for recording your MP3 files and learn how to give your users control over the playback of your tastefully embedded audio messages.

The whole reason web developers are turning to Ajax is to increase the efficiency of their applications. Don't let these common mistakes rob your applications of the efficiency Ajax gives you.

Learn how to write the Java code necessary to accomplish event driven programming using the Google Web Toolkit (GWT)

JavaScript developers can use the presented compact implementation to take advantage of most of the features of the Java classes. This will enable the use of robust design patterns needed for AJAX and Rich Internet Applications (RIA).

Create an Ajax-enabled shopping cart in very few lines of code, thanks to the power of PHP and the Prototype JavaScript library.

Discover Script.aculo.us, a client-side framework that gives developers a new way to code in JavaScript by providing new shortcut functions, new powerful objects including Form, Effect, Control and Ajax, and some custom widgets.

Learn how to control the layout of a GWT Ajax web application using HTML layout capabilities, the capabilities of the layout classes in the GWT API, and a combination of the two.  Also learn more essential aspects of the creation and deployment of GWT Ajax web applications.

If you have ever written JavaScript targeted at multiple browsers, you will know that it can be tricky having everything work as expected in every browser. To get around that problem, GWT generates scripts for several popular browsers. Once you know the steps, getting Google Web Toolkit working with SQL Anywhere is a straightforward process.

Looking for a new framework solution? Try symfony. Specifically, learn how symfony's built-in support for the Prototype JavaScript framework can greatly enhance the user experience within your applications.

AJAX has been jingling all over the place over the last year or so. Vlad takes a look at twelve AJAX frameworks that might be worth more than a day of your time.