And, indeed, this asynchronous behavior is what makes JavaScript—and Ajax, for that matter—so exciting for Web developers. No longer are we stuck with the modern equivalent of old-style 3270 terminals ...

Many programmers, myself included, have long seen JavaScript as a way to change the appearance of a page of HTML dynamically or to perform relatively minor tasks, such as checking the validity of a ...

That might be more AJAX than you want, though. With these tools you can take care of some typical AJAX-related tasks without having to write any JavaScript. Regardless of whether you just want to make ...