How to create an AJAX Language System - JavaScript tutorial

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Regardless of what you do using Ajax, they all rely on the same basic functions. This is a very small Ajax routine (less than 3 Kb) that enables you to easily use Ajax on your site to send "GET" or "POST" requests asynchronously.

Maybe you're trying to keep track of the traffic waiting for you on the commute home, or perhaps you're tracking the objects and people floating around Second Life or another virtual world. Wouldn't it be nice if you could track that kind of thing right from your browser? Learn how to use Ajax to create an animated, self-updating radar screen that tracks spatial objects.

I find Javascript is one of those languages that every man and his dog has heard about, but not many people (or dogs) know how to use it very well.

This tutorial discusses some essential techniques for scripting and getting your scripts to work in the new NS6.