Ruby on Rails

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AJAX Client-Server Communication Tutorials

1. Alternate Ajax Techniques, Part 1 - This tutorial tackles other Ajax techniques aside from XMLHttp as the means to describe the client-server communication.
2. Dynamic HTML and XML: The XMLHttpRequest Object - This tutorial tackles the steps of retrieving and submitting XML data directly through XMLHttpRequest object in the background.
3. Guide to Using XMLHttpRequest - This tutorial provides the steps in using XMLHttpRequest with php and nysql.
4. Make Asynchronous Requests with JavaScript and Ajax - This tutorial tackles the most fundamental and the basic of all Ajax-related objects and programming approaches, the XMLHttpRequest object.
5. Instant Tutorial - This tutorial shows how Ajax allows you to make a call to an http server get its content and load them into your existing page without having to refresh the whole page.
6. Advanced Requests and Response in AJAXR - This tutorial will show you the different status codes and demonstrate how browsers handle each and showcase the lesser used HTTP requests that you can make with Ajax. continue

When Google first unveiled GMail, then GMaps, a firestorm of interest and activity was generated — not just in those Google applications, but the technologies that powered them.

These web programming techniques (now, of course, known collectively as AJAX) have become incredibly popular, especially among Web 2.0 startups and their early adopters.

The developers of Ruby on Rails recognized early on that allowing RoR developers to easily AJAX-ify their webapps would be a great addition to the framework.

With the addition of RJS Templates to Rails core, the AJAX bar was lowered even further.

Simple AJAX requests like incrementing the number of diggs a story has received, or splicing a comment into a blog, are remarkably fast, not to mention user friendly. continue

Useful AJAX Tutorials

Build an AJAX-Powered Shopping Cart
NETTUTS shows us how to build an AJAX-powered shopping cart using PHP, jQuery and some plug-ins.

AJAX Username Availability Checker Using MooTools 1.2
When allowing a user to register a username, you can use AJAX with MooTools to let them check the availability of the username being submitted. continue

How to install ruby on rails?

Ok, so this will basically be somewhat a repeat of the information made by Curt Hibbs in this great hands-on tutorial. However, the versions of all products changed from the time Curt made his tutorial, and in some areas I felt that additional description was required. So, in this tutorial you’ll get a step-by-step instructions on installing Rails on Windows 2000 Server (Windows XP would be very similar).

In order to have a fully working development environment, you can use your PC. You will need to install:

• Ruby - the language
• Ruby Gems - the plug-in manager for Ruby
• Scite or FreeRIDE - IDE for Ruby
• MySQL - the database
• MySQL query builder / MySQL admin tools - GUI to create databases, add users and create tables
• Rails Framework continue