Ajax for Java developers: Ajax with Direct Web Remoting
Exciting as it is, adding Ajax functionality to your applications can mean a lot of hard work. In this third article in the Ajax for Java developers series, Philip McCarthy shows you how to use Direct Web Remoting (DWR) to expose JavaBeans methods directly to your JavaScript code and automate the heavy-lifting of Ajax.
Ajax using XMLHttpRequest and Struts
This article is a nice introduction to the concept of Ajax development using the XMLHttpRequest object. It has a slant towards how to use these techniques with a Struts-based application, however, at least some of the samples don't need a server to work and therefore this can be useful for anyone looking for Ajax information. Included with the article is a complete Struts-based Java webapp demonstrating a number of neat usages of the techniques, and the article describes some of them in more detail.
Kick-Start Your Java Apps with Ajax
Discover how to use Eclipse, DB2 Express-C, and WebSphere Application Server Community Edition -- all free to download, use, and deploy -- to create cutting-edge lightweight applications with relative ease. This tutorial shows you how to move an application from a conventional design, using JavaServer Pages (JSP), to one based on Ajax technology.
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