Ajax - the new buzz word in IT

Hi all

I hope you have tried google maps. If not then , it is a must try web site , www.maps.google.com.

These guys have really done a wonderfull job by coming up with such a site. It allows browsing of maps same as you do a PC software.

The main idea behind this is AJAX (Asynchronous java and Xml), which retrieves the data from the server without re loading the page. Ajax has now become a buzz word amoung software developers and it professionals.

The latest news on ajax is researchers at Brown University have created a new programming language for developing Web applications, known as Flapjax.

I also have done some coding on Ajax using .net platform. Microsoft has released "Atlas",which is a library to develop ajax type codes. www.http://atlas.asp.net.This runs in .net 2.0 platform. I had downloaded the library and tutorials in C# last week and it was a real fun to play with it.

I will be soon writing a technical article on the development of ajax enabled programs.

By the way, windows has also launched an ajax enabled map site, check out www.local.live.com
These guys also have a lot of hard work to complete this site (we can understand it by looking at the site). But as a review, I would rate google maps better than windows. But I am sure windows will be coming up with more interactive web sites like this.

As I said yesterday, the firefox browser 2.0 is now ready for download. You can download them from the below link

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0/releasenotes/

sijith