CF8 determining if request is Ajax

Categories: AJAX, ColdFusion, ColdFusion 8, Ext, Javascript, Web2.0

Have you ever wanted to know if a request is coming from an Ajax call or from a standard GET/POST from the browser when using the ColdFusion 8 Ajax functionality?

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HistoryTabs - tab navigation with history

Categories: AJAX, Javascript, Web2.0

HistoryTabs.js is a Prototype class to make tabbed navigation with history management simple.  Designed for simplicity and convenient Ajax navigation using a tabbed interface that maintains the state of the  browser’s back and forward buttons. 

Interested? Read more and download HistoryTabs.

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Packing light with Lightbox and PWC

Categories: AJAX, Javascript, Prototype, Web2.0

If you have ever hiked long distances you realize just how important it is to pack light.  The same is true when you are carrying a lot of JavaScript on your site, especially if your site is using various JS libraries.

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The Web Design Survey - 2007

Categories: AJAX, Web2.0

A List Apart has released the raw data and finding from a recent survey on web design and developers that tells an interesting story about who we are and the field we work in.  According to the staff of A List Apart:

In April 2007, A List Apart and An Event Apart conducted a survey of people who make websites. Close to 33,000 web professionals answered the survey’s 37 questions, providing the first data ever collected on the business of web design and development as practiced in the U.S. and worldwide.

 
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