Tag Archive for: AJAX

When I first met Chris Lambie, the new Herald Business Editor, I explained that I always strive for my column to be about real life business situations where technology plays a part, and to speak from personal experience as opposed to secondary research.

When it comes to computer software applications, in many ways we have come full-circle since the mainframe days of the 1960s and 1970s. Back then, corporate information was housed in central locations with strict rules for access and modifications. To use the applications, we used “dumb terminals”, whose job was nothing more than displaying information and accepting user data.

AJAX is still a large buzz in the industry.  For some that are just beginning to use this technology, it can be confusing to know where to start.  There are dozens of choices of technologies that will allow you to create AJAX enabled systems, but which do you choose?  Which is the “right” one?