Anyone developing web applications in the “old days” (pre-2003 or thereabouts) would be all too familiar with the JavaScript alert() function; it’s traditionally been much (over-)used for debugging ...

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Here’s the situation, you’re building a modern web application with all the AJAX-ey goodness users now expect, when suddenly you realize that some of your AJAX calls are not returning current data in ...

Where JavaScript developers were once tool-deprived, today we’re often overwhelmed with the abundance of options. In this article, Foundations of Ajax author Nathaniel T. Schutta reviews development ...