Ajaxifying Week
This week I had to implement certain solutions at 5bits to access back-end stored data using Jquery and Ajax. This is fun stuff so I decided to ajaxify my blog a little bit. There is a world of possibilities using Ajax and Jquery even to develop full fledged web clients. There are several good toolkits available that allow for flexible implementation and customization.
I’ve first added a tabbed based iframe for DX spots retrieved from dxcluster.ham-radio.ch. These spots are refreshed every 30 seconds. Then I thought it would be nice to allow for web searches to be performed from whitin the blog itself without reloading pages to display results. I found Google’s AJAX api works like a charm and it’s very fast and easy to implement. An overlay Jquery/Ajax variation of the web based spots is available at http://www.5bits.net/JqueryToolsTabs/overlay/overlayspots.htm
And finally I had to develop a fully scrollable website. Wich allows for navigation of the entire site without a single page reload. I found Jquery Tools were really working great for that purpose. They have developed several highly dynamic tools. Their set of tools is based off the Jquery API and it’s really lightweight and fast. So I also implemented a scroller to show some pics in the blog. It can be seen in action at www.5bits.net/lu5dx
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