June 30, 2014 in Treehouse News
New Course: AJAX Basics
We’re excited to announce a brand new course at Treehouse – AJAX Basics. Teacher, Dave McFarland, has been busy researching, writing and filming this exciting new course over the last few months. Now it’s ready for release. In this course,…
June 18, 2014 in Learn
Get Started Working with APIs
The web makes finding and sharing information easy. In fact, the web’s success is largely due to how easy it is to find things. Instructions for repairing a car, the weather in a city you’re going to visit tomorrow, and…
June 13, 2014 in Learn
What Is Ajax and Where to Use it?
Treehouse is getting ready to launch a brand new course, Ajax Basics. In this short video Treehouse teacher, Dave McFarland, explains what it is used for. What Is Ajax? It’s a way to use JavaScript to talk to a web…
March 12, 2014 in Learn
How to Create an AJAX Contact Form
A common feature of many websites is a contact form. Standard contact forms work just fine, but you can make them nicer by using AJAX to submit the form data in the background. In this blog post, you’re going to…
February 26, 2014 in Learn
Uploading Files with AJAX
The introduction of AJAX marked a huge leap forward in the history of the web. The ability to communicate with a web server without reloading the page has revolutionised how web applications are built. The primary technology that enables AJAX…
November 12, 2013 in Learn
Beginner’s Guide to Ajax Development with PHP
The common use of Ajax in web development has created a dynamic yet fluid Internet. Designers often build mockups which incorporate Ajax-based elements such as lazy loaders, tabbed widgets, and other similar page elements. In this tutorial I want to…
September 9, 2013 in Learn
Coding a Dynamic IMDb Webapp using My Movie API
The online IMDb website is a crucial resource for any type of digital video media. Online web series, TV shows, and movies are all cataloged with credits to the cast and studio help. IMDb is probably the oldest resource for…
January 22, 2013 in Learn
Building a Syntax-Highlighted Input Box with JavaScript
The textarea element has been commonly used for in-page web IDEs. Some great examples are in popular CMS’ like WordPress or Drupal. But inline web development is not the easiest solution to implement. And through other open source projects we…
December 4, 2012 in Learn
A Quick Guide to Understanding AJAX
The term AJAX describes a methodology of loading data dynamically on a page without loading a new page. The browser makes a request that’s in the background, then a success or error callback is triggered when the request completes. The…