Spring 2006 DLF Forum: Melvyl Recommender Project, 9

3 April, 2006

AJAX

●Asynchronous JavaScript And XML

●Using to call to additional services from outside the core system ●Render the page, then update portions as data arrives

●Adds flexibility while maintaining speed


	AJAX:
	•Using it to make calls to services outside of the core retrieval system
	•Don’t have to wait for a response before rendering the page
	•Very useful, keeps things speedy and flexible
	•If there is time to demonstrate at the end, you’ll see it in action