AJAX Solutions can be used by web developers to create amazing applications. Dozens of projects, even Gmail, made with AJAX provide new interactivity for applications that can have enhanced user functionality. Using AJAX, better, faster, more flexible web solutions are available. AJAX is the first step toward web applications of the future.

What exactly is AJAX? AJAX is an acronym for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, and though some think it’s a new programming language, it’s really not. AJAX is basically XHTML, DOM, CSS, XML, XMLHttpRequest used together to do one thing, which is to improve the user-server interaction.

• To better understand AJAX, check out some articles about it.
• To learn the AJAX basics, look up some tutorials.
• To learn about CSS, look up some articles and tutorials.

 

Remember: Google is your friend!

Contained in this article are 80+ AJAX scripts and resources you should have at your side while designing your own applications. Auto-completion, instant field editing, menus, calendars, interactive elements, visual effects, animation, basic Javascript, as well as an extensive developer’s suite are contained here for a useful toolbox, so that you don’t have to go through a huge list of bookmarks.

 

Auto Complete Scripts

1. AJAX AutoSuggest

 

2. AJAX Autocompleter / script.aculo.us library

 

3. AJAX AutoCompleter

 

4. Ajax autosuggest/autocomplete from database

 

5. Ajax dynamic list

 

Instant Editor Scripts

6. AJAX inline text edit 2.0

 

7. AJAX & CSS Flickr-like Editing Fields

 

8. AJAX Instant Edit

 

Tab and Menu Scripts

9. 14 Tab-Based Interface Techniques

 

10. AJAX Accordion Navigation

 

11. AJAX Dialogs, Menus, Grids, Trees and Views

 

12. AJAX Tab Module - Closeable Implementation

 

13. Ajax Tabs Content

 

14. MooTabs - Tiny tab class for MooTools

 

15. Dynamically loaded articles

 

Calendar/Datetime Scripts

16. AJAX Datetime Toolbocks - Intuitive Date Input Selection

 

17. AJAX Calendars

 

Interactive Elements Scripts

18. AJAX Floating Windows

 

19. AJAX Star Rating Bar

 

20. Ajax poller

 

Developer’s Suite Scripts

21. AJAX HistoryManager, Pagination

 

22. AJAX Login System Demo

 

23. AJAX image preloader

 

24. AJAX Tooltips: Nice Titles revised | Blog | 1976design.com

 

25. 40+ Tooltips Scripts With AJAX, JavaScript & CSS | Smashing Magazine

 

26. AJAX Web Controls

 

27. AJAX syntaxhighlighter

 

28. Transparent Message

 

29. ModalBox — An easy way to create popups and wizards

 

30. Chained select boxes

 

31. Fly to basket

 

32. AJAX Key Events Signal

 

33. Disable form submit on enter keypress

 

Enhanced Solutions

34. AJAX Instant Completion

 

35. Novemberborn: Event Cache

 

36. Altering CSS Class Attributes with JavaScript

 

37. Select Some Checkboxes JavaScript Function

 

38. AJAX Emprise Charts

 

39. amCharts: customizable flash Pie & Donut chart

 

40. PJ Hyett : The Lightbox Effect without Lightbox

 

Forms

41. AJAX Upload Form

 

42. An AJAX contact form

 

43. AJAX contact form

 

44. Ajax.Form

 

45. Ajax form validation

 

46. Really easy field validation

 

47. AJAX fValidate

 

48. Ajax newsletter form

 

49. wForms

 

Tables and Grids

50. Data Grids with AJAX, DHTML and JavaScript | Smashing Magazine

 

51. Grid3 Example

 

52. AJAX Table Sort Script (revisited)

 

53. AJAX Sortable Tables

 

54. AJAX TableKit

 

Showcases, Galleries, and Lightbox Scripts

55. 30 Scripts For Galleries, Slideshows and Lightboxes | Smashing Magazine

 

56. AJAX LightBox, Sexy Box, Thick Box

 

57. AJAX Lightbox JS

 

58. AJAX Unobtrusive Popup - GreyBox

 

59. SmoothGallery: Mootools Mojo for Images | Full gallery

 

60. AJAX Libraries and Frameworks

 

Animation and Visual Effects Scripts

61. How to Create Digg Comment Style Sliding DIVs with Javascript and CSS

 

62. How to Create a Collapsible DIV with Javascript and CSS

 

63. How to Create an Animated, Sliding, Collapsible DIV with Javascript and CSS

 

64. AJAX Shopcart

 

65. Draggable content

 

66. Dragable RSS boxes

 

67. AJAX Pull Down Effect

 

68. AJAX Animation Effects

 

69. Combination Effects in scriptaculous wiki

 

70. AJAX Motion Transition

 

Useful Javascript Scripts

71. 9 Javascript(s) you better not miss!

 

72. Top 10 custom JavaScript functions of all time

 

73. Hyperdisc Materials: JavaScript: Top 10: Automatic Breadcrumb Trail

 

74. JavaScript: Top 10 Most Useful JavaScripts

 

75. My Favorite Javascripts for Designers: Blakems.com ?

 

More Resources and Galleries

76. Max Kiesler - mHub : Ajax and rails examples & how-to’s

 

77. Ajax Resources

 

78. DZone Snippets: Store, sort and share source code, with tag goodness

 

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