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AjaxPatterns.org began as a collection of design patterns, which formed the basis of the book, Ajax Design Patterns, and grew into a publicly editable wiki on anything and everything Ajax. All pages (except this homepage) are now editable, no registration required. Feel free to contribute!

• Info: AjaxPatterns Background, Contributing, Press Info
• Ajax Design Patterns Book: Contents and Recommendations, Buy PDF/Book @ O'Reilly, Buy @ Amazon, Initial Announcement (As Podcast/MP3)
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• Contact: Contact Michael Mahemoff (Wiki curator/founder)

• Frameworks and Libraries Overview: Frameworks and Libraries Portal Page
• Javascript Frameworks: Multipurpose Frameworks, Remoting Frameworks, Effects Frameworks, Flash Frameworks, Logging Frameworks, XML Frameworks, Specialised Frameworks
• Server-Side and Hybrid Frameworks: C++ Ajax Frameworks, Coldfusion, DotNet, Java, Lisp, Lotus Notes, Multi-Language, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, SmallTalk
• Ajax Tools: IDEs, DOM inspectors, Traffic Sniffers, etc.

Javascript Resources

• Website Template: Ajax Template (Cut-And-Paste Code (HTML/CSS/JS) to kickstart your Ajax App), Unit Test Template (Scriptaculous Unit Test Template)
• Tutorials: Javascript Regular Expressions, Javascript Reflection

• Links: Links Portal Page, External websites, Articless, Tutorials, Conferences/Training, Jobs, Audio/Video/Podcasts, Accessibility, Security
• Books: Ajax Books
• Projects: Ajax Projects to Try
• Terminology: Ajax Terminology

• Patterns Overview: Latest list of all patterns and their summaries
• Background: Why Ajax Patterns?, Principles, Pattern Template, Slideshow (4MB HTML), Credits
• Live Demos: Live examples referenced in the patterns, Live Demos for Tutorial

There are 70+ Ajax patterns here, most linking to the original draft version for the design patterns book. Foundational Technology Patterns are lower-level patterns and a suitable introduction for people learning Ajax for the first time. Programming Patterns explain how these components are combined in a maintainable, performant, manner. Functionality and Usability Patterns guide on user-interface and usability concepts. Development Process Patterns look at typical developer activities like testing and debugging.

Please mail the maintainer of AjaxPatterns, Michael Mahemoff.

• Ajax App: Ajax App
• Display Manipulation: Display Morphing, Page Rearrangement
• Web Remoting: Web Service, XMLHttpRequest Call, IFrame Call, HTTP Streaming, On-Demand Javascript
• Dynamic Behaviour: User Action, Scheduling
• Extended Technologies: Richer Plugin

• Web Services: RESTful Service, RPC Service, Ajax Stub, HTML Message, Plain-Text Message, XML Message, JSON Message, UED Message
• Browser-Server Dialogue : Call Tracking, Periodic Refresh, Submission Throttling, Explicit Submission, Personalization Call, Distributed Events, Cross-Domain Proxy, Object Persistence
• DOM Population: XML Data Island, Browser-Side XSLT, Browser-Side Templating, Dual-Side Templating
• Performance Optimisation: Browser-Side Cache, Fat Client, Guesstimate, Submission Throttling, Explicit Submission, Multi-Stage Download, Predictive Fetch, Multithreading
• Javascript OOP': Lazy Inheritance
• Maintainability, Code Generation and Reuse: Lazy Inheritance, Server-Side Code Generation, Cross-Browser Component, Flyweight

• Widgets: Slider, Progress Indicator, Drilldown, Data Grid, Rich Text Editor, Suggestion, Live Search, Live Command-Line, Live Form
• Page Architecture: Drag-And-Drop, Sprite, Popup, Malleable Content, Microlink, Portlet, Status Area, Update Control, Transparent Message, Virtual Workspace
• Visual Effects: One-Second Spotlight, One-Second Mutation, One-Second Motion, Highlight
• Functionality: Lazy Registration, Direct Login, Host-Proof Hosting, Timeout, Heartbeat, Unique URLs, Dynamic Favicons

• Diagnosis: Logging, Debugging, DOM Inspection, Traffic Sniffing
• Testing: Simulation Service, Browser-Side Test, Service Test, System Test