Play School: Easy Ajax - load | jQuery for Designers - Tutorials and screencasts
Remy teaches non-techies how to use jQuery in a responsible way.
rest/ahah - Microformats
Who knew? The way I do my Ajax is a microformat. AHAH: Asynchronous HTML and HTTP.
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Douglas Crockford: "Ajax Performance" on Yahoo! Video
An excellent overview of Ajax and optimisation.
danwebb.net - RailsConf Presentation Slides and Example Code
A PDF of Dan's slides from RailsConf. Looks like it was an excellent presentation.
Adobe Labs - Spry Data Set and Dynamic Region Overview
The Spry framework from Adobe looks like it could be worth further investigation. I certainly like the underlying philosophy: lightweight, standards-based, and declarative.
Infovore : <%= javascript_include_tag :defaults %> considered harmful?
A cautionary note to Rails coders from Tom. The default JavaScript includes can really add to your page weight. Only include them if you really need all of them.
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