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AJAX: What is it?

• October 12, 2006

• ajax , Javascript , Web 2.0 , XML

Author’s note: This article was first published in my AJAX Column (AjaxOnline.com.br) in Portuguese where my intended audience is a group of beginners learning about the AJAX initiative. Since it turned out to be a really interesting article I decided to translate it and share it with a wider audience.

I wondered where I should begin explaining AJAX and finally decided I should begin explaining what’s behind it and how it came around, so everyone knows where we are coming from.

Ajax, web 2.0, RSS, if you’ve never heard any of these terms than something is wrong, you are either way behind in web technologies or not serious enough about web development. The concept of Web 2.0 is what we may call the “father” of the latest trends in web applications, where various technologies are used to improve the user’s experience, but what is the concept?

PHP DF: A comunidade de PHP no DF

• March 6, 2007

• PHP

A muito tempo já venho falando sobre a comunidade PHP no Brasil, mas hoje tenho o orgulho de anunciar o lançamento oficial do grupo de usuários PHP no Distrito Federal. Após muita discussão, vários drafts, e mais discussão finalizamos, com a ajuda de minha amiga Yasodara, conseguimos finalizar a logomarca do grupo e lançar um beta de nosso site.

Productive Slacking

• October 18, 2019

• Software / Systems , Tips and Tricks

Back in 2016 I joined Usabilla, just around the time we were evaluating our work chat solutions. Usabilla was at the time on Hipchat and Slack was the up and coming solution, with plenty of advanced features and goodies. I will not try to sell Slack here, but it clearly was the better contender and worth our move.