Learning future web technologies

intellix · 14 Jan 2008 at 02:22

With the start of 2008, we're likely to see some new web technologies appear or already common ones flurish and be used more widely

At the moment i currently use html, css, asp and sql to create a data driven website but lately ive been looking into other technologies that are around. I've noticed the term AJAX used quite frequently and ive seen many people use XML and ASP.NET

What are the advantages of using whatever and where does the future look like its heading? I can see the web is evolving from standard user experiences to "Web rich applications" that try to immerse the user as much as possible

Lets hear what you think...

Pr0t0c0L · 14 Jan 2008 at 07:52

AJAX, Flex, Javascript 2, Silverlight, JavaFX(maybe), AIR

Dj_Jestar · 14 Jan 2008 at 12:21

AJAX isn't a technology. So before you start, stop phrasing it as one

intellix · 14 Jan 2008 at 14:02

Well anyway, what are the advantages and disadvantages of each web technology and what website scenarios would you consider using them for etc?

Looking at the Microsoft website where you can click the buttons on the bottom of the page and the content to the right changes without having to refresh the browser, what is that? Thanks

Augmented · 14 Jan 2008 at 14:21

intellix said:
Looking at the Microsoft website where you can click the buttons on the bottom of the page and the content to the right changes without having to refresh the browser, what is that? Thanks

That's just plain old javascript. Javascript's an essential language to be familiar with these days. Javascript frameworks have had a lot of exposure in the last 6 months or so, and they're very popular at the moment. Getting to know libraries like jQuery, mootools, Y!UI would be a very good idea for 2008. If a 'framework' is a new concept to you - have a read of this thread.

psyr33n · 14 Jan 2008 at 14:23

I'd recommend touching up on your XML and how to manipulate it: XSLT, XPath etc.

In-val-yew-able knowledge.