Ajax is known to lessen the bandwidth requirement of a webpage so that it could be loaded faster in any computer. As Ajax bases its power on the server and not on the client, the page could easily be loaded as long as they are rendered correctly.
Let me repeat the last part – RENDERED CORRECTLY. As you may have already heard, Ajax is a complicated program and it will take months or years before a developer can truly say he or she knows Ajax. Even though you already know Ajax, it’s still not guaranteed that the program will work fast.
Here are a few tricks that you can do to your coding that may enhance the speed of your program. Note that these tricks would work in major browsers so we don’t need to present two version of the program.
Remember that it all boils down on how you properly code JavaScript. Its quiet a rarity to find a program that’s not working well because of XML so we have to focus on JavaScript to ensure that everything works well and fast.
The first trick is simplifying the relationship of JavaScript to HTTP. Web pages will ultimately have an HTTP to ensure the program is implemented online. But the transition from JavaScript to HTTP maybe a challenge for varying reasons. One of the tricks that you can do for your program is to simplify the script and styles in JS and CSS respectively. That way the program will have to deal with straight information without having to pass through different codes. As much as possible use smaller pictures and simplify the layout. If there’s a possibility that you can use HTTP compression after all of the simplification that will definitely reduce the processing time.
The second trick is to use tools in coding development. But were not talking about the program generator, but were talking about tools that will help determine the bug as we go along. Instead of looking at the program in general after it was finished, why don’t you check the program just as you go along? That way, you can easily rest in checking the finished product. For Ajax, tools such as Fiddler and Ajax View from Microsoft certainly work well in checking your program. These programs could work in IE and Firefox.
However, there are additional programs that you can implement to ensure the codes are rendered simply yet very effective. Among them is Firebug. The program could easily determine the bugs in your program especially on JavaScript. Next is the Web Developer add-on. Simply put, it evaluates the program whether or not it will work. Last but not the least is the DOM Inspector. DOM is a very important aspect of JavaScript especially when communicating with HTTP and render information from the server such as pictures and graphs.
The challenge now is to see how these programs will efficiently work. Remember that IE and Firefox still require something different. Use these tools properly so that optimization could be achieved in IE and Firefox.
