Notes client application makeover for the Web, Part 2: Improving the user experience with AJAX
by Keith Nolen


from THE VIEW, May/June 2008, Volume 14, Issue 3


Upgrade your application by moving from a synchronous, submit-and-wait interaction model to an interactive,asynchronous browser experience by leveraging asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) and other techniques. Createa server-based proxy facility that allows AJAX applications to work around cross-domain browser scripting security restrictions. Discover how to provide asynchronous status updates to the user, respond to research requests using the user’s preferred research Web site, and generate and manage documents from a browser. Also learn how to make an application independent of Windows (and more universal) by moving HTTP retrieval functionality from Microsoft Windows HTTP Services (WinHTTP) dynamic link library (DLL) to Java code. Follow along with the working example introduced in Part 1, a personal stock price-tracking application available for download at www.eVIEW.com.



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This file includes the complete Buttonwood 2008 application. Please read the "About..." document before setting up the database.


Buttonwood2008.nsf