Sconzo.com

Essential Tools:

Firefox Browser
FireBug Plugin
Tamper Data Plugin
Ethereal Network Protocol Analyzer
Web Developer Toolbar

Popular Sites that update without page refreshes:

Flickr store, search, sort, share photos
del.icio.us collections of web favorites
Google Suggest Search
Google Maps

Sites Closer to Home:

Markets Data Center (MDC)

• minip XML and XSL
• quote updates
• personalization

Gentle Intro to AJAX

• no toolkits for this example
• Retrieve using AJAX:
  http://www.sconzo.com/web2.0/ajaxsimple.txt

Gentle Intro with toolkit

• Prototype JavaScript Framework:
  http://www.prototypejs.org

Another toolkit example

• Prototype Ajax.PeriodicalUpdater

Sample RSS Feed Aggregator

• Google “ajaxfeeds” toolkit:
  http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxfeeds/

Sample XML, Interactive Grid

• Source XML File:
  http://www.sconzo.com/gridexample/activnyse.xml
• JS schema for XML file:
  http://www.sconzo.com/gridexample/xml-grid.js
• ExtJs Toolkit (also uses Yahoo toolkit):
  http://extjs.com

Global Sked

• Uses ajax to check for unique id collisions
• retrieves updates without checking every second (using pub/sub oracle advanced queuing)

Just had to post a quick note about my schedule at work today.
3.5 hours of meetings == -3.5 hours of coding.