Reality Check and Free Training

If you are just starting out in development, or have found that your skills are not as marketable as they once were, nothing helps like a certificate in  a new, hot field.

I’m not going to go in depth here about the free online certification course Ajax and Web 2.0 Programming (with Passion!) Online Course, because Gene Babon does such a good job of setting this up on his Beantown Web (not just for Bostonians anymore!).

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What is Web 2.0?

I saw this question posted on Linked-In today and thought I would blog my input, especially as I have been tied up with some paid work and haven’t been blogging as much lately…

Q: What are the differences between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0?

A: In addition to answers already provided, Web 2.0 is often a battle cry for selling new IT products and services rather than an actual technology. It encompasses AJAX, blogs, wikis, RSS, mash ups, and just about everything else that is currently popular.

What is the same between the web before and Web 2.0 (no one ever referred to Web 1.anything until the Web 2.0 marketing banner was raised) is that these technologies can be a huge benefit when implemented well against a solid design and massive headache if done wrong.

Not all of the technologies are mature yet, which is where the big push to use them can be beneficial. Why? Because as development teams run into the issues and limitations vendors will be pushed to fix them, which will accelerate their maturity.

IMHO 🙂

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One AJAX XSS Solution

While there are definitly some cool aspects to AJAX, it also reminds me of the good old days of the browser wars (which seem to be back, albeit more of a Cold War).  While my personal preference is to stick to simple solutions that will cause less headaches in production, sometimes you just have to do something the hard way. So far, I’ve been lucky and have found a simpler solution to the AJAX needs of my clients, but I almost didn’t once, which is when I found an article at Solitex Networks on one solution. I’m sure there are other approaches, and would love to see some comments pointing them out.

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