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Updated 30 Sep 2008
High performance Ajax using Non-Blocking I/O on Tomcat 6
High performance Ajax using Non-Blocking I/O on Tomcat 6
Improve server performance drastically using Non-Blocking I/O. Because of its efficient use of system resources (threads), gain control of system-resource usage on a server under pressure, and optimize your server for performance during the handling of both Ajax and regular requests.   More >
Real Web 2.0, Part 7: Geonames.org: Lost? geonames.org is a free and open site with resources for working with locations and place names. Learn how to use it, as a user and as a developer.
Create modular interactive user interfaces with JavaScript: Discover a technique that lets you move sections of a Web page using drag-and-drop functions. Different aspects of the interactivity are implemented separately and then composed into a unified whole, allowing for flexible customization that can make your Web users very happy.
Working with jQuery, Part 2: Rich Internet applications: Expand your jQuery knowledge by exploring flashier functionality, and add some actual "richness" to your plain old application, making it truly a Rich Internet Application (RIA).
Building a simple WYSIWYG Web page editor: Explore a simple Asynchronous JavaScript + XML (Ajax) system that lets your users assemble pages by adding and arranging pre-made widgets. Many sites provide this kind of functionality, but this easy-to-use system lets you do it on your own site and provides a simple library for creating new widgets.
Building Ajax-enabled auto-complete and cascading drop-down controls: Create Asynchronous JavaScript + XML (Ajax) controls that can be used in business-line applications. Leveraging JSON, JavaScript, and CSS, these scripts can easily be dropped into any application to provide more intuitive and responsive user interfaces.
Overlay data on maps using XSLT, KML, and the Google Maps API, Part 2: Add XSLT and KML to the postal codes and address coordinates from Google's Geocoder Web service to create a map overlay that shows locations in an example app for a real-estate brokerage.

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