How to Use jQuery’s ajax() Function for Asynchronous HTTP Requests
JavaScript
By Aurelio De Rosa, Maria Antonietta Perna,
Learn how to use $.ajax(), the most powerful jQuery Ajax function, to perform asynchronous HTTP requests.
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Build a Real-time Voting App with Pusher, Node and Bootstrap
JavaScript
By Praveen Kumar,
Praveen Kumar walks through how to build a full-stack, real-time Harry Potter house voting web application using Pusher and WebSockets.
Fetching Data from a Third-party API with Vue.js and Axios
JavaScript
By Olayinka Omole,
Learn to build data-driven apps with Vue 2. Olayinka Omole creates a simple client to pull news stories from the New York Times API with the Axios library.
How to Avoid DOM Blocking in JavaScript
JavaScript
By Craig Buckler,
Web performance is a hot topic. Users expect fast, OS-like application performance. Craig Buckler explains how to do as little DOM blocking possible, and covers options for when long-running tasks can’t be avoided.
XMLHttpRequest vs the Fetch API: What’s Best for Ajax in 2019?
JavaScript
By Craig Buckler,
Weighing up whether to keep using XMLHttpRequest vs the Fetch API's modern take? We look at the pros and cons of both options.
Introducing Axios, a Popular, Promise-based HTTP Client
JavaScript
By Nilson Jacques,
Nilson Jacques provides a beginner's guide to Axios, a Fetch API alternative and popular, promise-based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js.
Building Real-time Apps with Websockets & Server-Sent Events
JavaScript
By Mark Brown,
Mark Brown looks at persistent connections between client/server via WebSockets & server-sent events. He also examines re-connection & state reconciliation.
Interactive JavaScript Charts Using Data from Google Sheets
JavaScript
By Rohit Boggarapu,
Rohit Boggarapu demonstrates how to create interactive JavaScript charts using FusionCharts for the visualization and Google Sheets as the data source.
Getting M.E.A.N. With Trello and Zapier
JavaScript
By Thomas Greco,
Tom Greco explains how to wire up a form that posts to a MongoDB instance set up on MongoHQ and tie it to Zapier.
A Guide to Vanilla Ajax Without jQuery
JavaScript
By Camilo Reyes,
Camilo Reyes shows us how far vanilla Ajax has come and suggests that jQuery may be an unnecessary dependency when communicating with your app's back-end.
Building a JavaScript Autocomplete Widget with Awesomplete
JavaScript
By Narayan Prusty,
In this tutorial Narayan Prusty shows you how to create an autocomplete widget using Lea Verou's lightweight and customizable Awesomplete JavaScript library
Custom Events and Ajax Friendly Page-ready Checks
JavaScript
By Bruno Skvorc,
Bruno Skvorc will run you through a short tutorial on building a JavaScript library that fires off custom made events when an ajax load has been completed!
Introduction to the Beacon API
JavaScript
By Ian Oxley,
This article introduces the Beacon API, which is used to send data to a server on page unload.
An Introduction to jQuery’s Shorthand Ajax Methods
JavaScript
By Aurelio De Rosa,
Aurelio De Rosa examines the shorthand methods that jQuery provides for achieving asynchronous actions in Ajax-based applications.
SEO-Friendly Infinite Scroll
JavaScript
By Shaumik Daityari,
Google has recently discussed a method for implementing infinite scroll in a search engine friendly manner. This post outlines this suggestion and more.
Implementing Infinite Scroll in jQuery
JavaScript
By Shaumik Daityari,
This article covers the pseudo-pagination technique known as infinite scroll. This article shows how infinite scroll can be implemented using jQuery.