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AJAX offers users a seamless way to work with your interface, no waiting for whole pages to load. jQuery has a set of tools to make it super simple to implement. We will walk you through how to use jQuery to connect to PHP so you can step up your user interface.

Submitted by: JDStraughan
Submitted on: Aug 3, 2009

Twitter’s direct messaging functionality is great. While simple tweeting communicates “just a clever quip,” direct messaging communicates “listen here b*tch, this is important enough that you need to get this message NOW via text message.” Twitter’s API allows you direct message remotely so now you can let your website DM you (and call you a b*tch) any time you want!

Submitted by: JDStraughan
Submitted on: Jun 25, 2009

Ajax is changing web applications, giving them a responsiveness that's unheard of beyond the desktop. But behind all the hype, there's not much to Ajax -- (X)HTML, JavaScript, and XML are nothing new, and in this tutorial, I'll show you how to simplify the process of adding Ajax to your application even further with the help of jQuery, a popular JavaScript library.

Submitted by: JohnGalt
Submitted on: Jun 23, 2009

Web services are taking over the world. I credit Twitter’s epic rise to the availability of a simple but rich API. Why not use the same model for your own sites? Here’s how to create a basic web service that provides an XML or JSON response using some PHP and MySQL.

Submitted by: JDStraughan
Submitted on: May 7, 2009

It makes sense to forgo database tables and server-side code when you need to store a limited amount of non-sensitive data. Accessing this data can be a snap with jQuery because the library was built to traverse XML documents with ease. With some custom JavaScript and jQuery magic you can create some interesting widgets. A good way to demonstrate this functionality is by building a browsable Amazon.com books widget.

Submitted by: JDStraughan
Submitted on: May 5, 2009

Many of us have many “homes” on the interwebs. Personally I use Twitter, Flickr, ScrnShots, and Facebook. These web services are cool enough to offer ways to interact with them and pull data out of them without even necessarily visiting the site itself. This is called an API (or Application Programming Interface).

Submitted by: JohnGalt
Submitted on: Mar 3, 2009

Backing up data is extremely important. Most of the time the database is the most important piece of the puzzle. Imagine losing all of the data in your database — it would be tragic. Here’s a PHP snippet that outputs your database as XML.

Submitted by: JohnGalt
Submitted on: Feb 27, 2009

Although the concept isn't entirely new, XMLHttpRequest technology is implimented on more sites now than ever. Compatibility is no longer an issue (IE, Mozilla and Opera all support it), and the benefits to using it are amazing. There are too many PHP programmers avoiding any work with JavaScript beyond simple form validation, and for good reason. It's difficult to keep several languages proficiently under your belt. But using the XMLHttpRequest object is not as hard as everybody thinks, and you don't need to buy and memorize another reference manual.

Submitted by: kenjones
Submitted on: Feb 26, 2009

This article will teach you how to create your first well-formed XML document. I will go through the various rules for creating a well-formed document, beginning with the XML declaration. By the end of the article you will have a firm grasp on how to create well-formed documents in XML.

Submitted by: JDStraughan
Submitted on: Feb 22, 2009