Tuesday, June 03, 2008 9:42 AM
Looking to add some AJAX goodness to your site? I came across some great widgets on AjaxDaddy.com. There are calendars, editable text boxes, fish eye effects (a la Mac OS X), chat boxes, sortable tables, slideshow tools, and more. All free, all with demos and code examples right there on the site. Much of it's really DHTML rather than AJAX since it's all client-side, but it's really useful stuff. It seems to be largely based on jQuery, which is a lightweight library that takes much of the pain out of Javascript. Before you start digging into the script yourself, it's worth a check to see if what you need is already out there. This is a good place to start.
More info: http://www.ajaxdaddy.com/