AJAX Desktop Tutorial

The purpose of this tutorial is to explain, step-by-step, how to create an AJAX desktop/homepage.

Our goal is to get up and running quickly so we will not delve deep into each subject. At the end of the tutorial I’ve included a resource section for further reading.

The tutorial will cover:

  • How to detect IE/Firefox correctly
  • What is the DOM and how to manipulate it using Javascript
  • How to dynamically create widgets using the DOM (+ using CSS with Javascript)
  • How to capture and react to mouse events
  • How to drag widgets
  • How to manipulate zIndex (the depth/order of widgets on the screen)
  • Background about AJAX and JSON
  • How to load RSS feeds into widgets
  • How to create search widgets

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