Styling “Simple” AJAX
AJAX - “Asynchronous JavaScript + XML”. “Not a technology - several technologies”. That’s probably why I like it so much, its a little bit of everything, to make one thing. Raj over at his website, wrote a short, yet easily understandable way to understand the very basics of AJAX. I liked it so much, that when I tried it out, I truly felt as if I was really getting the hang of it. I strongly suggest that you read his post before reading on with mine. Possibly being able to create my own applications using AJAX, even though we all need to remember not to “overuse” it, just like with any other cliche (haha). The point is, it was understandable, but the “practical application” wasn’t there. You click on a link, and magically a piece of text appears, and walla, you’ve done a little AJAX. Uninspired by that part of the tutorial felt like taking it just a little further. No, I havent really altered his code, all the credit goes to him, but in the way of implementing my own “practical application” i will take credit for. So you want to make it look pretty? Assign some CSS styles? What about just make a nice looking AJAX AFC scoreboard? Continue reading Styling “Simple” AJAX