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 ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY Little Bits of Changes:Comparing traditional web applications withapplications built using the AJAX paradigm in thecontext of a module choice milieu within anacademic community.Dominic Myers A Project in partial fulfilment of the requirementsof Anglia Ruskin University for the degree ofMaster of Science in Computer ScienceSubmitted: May 2006
 
 Acknowledgements
Thehelpandsupportofmyfamilyandfriendswaswithoutdoubttheprimaryfactorassociatedwiththecompletionofthiswork.MysonsOz,AshandIzaacwereabletoputupwithmyramblingswithpatienceandonlythesmallestamountofcondescension,myparentshelpedwithsupportandencouragement.FriendsincludingJackyPettit,AmandaDonaghey,JackieBarwise,BarnabasBaggs,PhilDone,AgnetaBudd,GrahamHaighandLynneHesterallhelpedintheirindividualwaysandImakeno comment on such assistance by the placement of their names.MysupervisorDr.JoStanleyshowedenthusiasmandakeenappreciationforwhat I have been trying to do and I can't thank her enough.PaulCanning,theWebDevelopmentOfficerforCambridgeCityCouncilhelpedimmeasurablybydirectingmetoalternativeperceptionsofwhatIthoughtwasawhizz-bangideaandintroducedmetotheAccessifyforum.TheparticipantsatKiwi'sforumalso helped, if not always directly, then at least with a much needed break.KatrinaWinterwasabletoutiliseremarkableskillsintheapplicationofactivelisteninganditwassometimebeforeIrealisedthatshewasn'tlisteningatall,shewasalsoafabulousstudypartnerandallroundgood-egg...Idon'tthinkI'dbeherewithouther.
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Table of Contents
Introduction1Literature Review31.0 Introduction32.0 The Internet43.0 The World Wide Web93.1 HTML113.2 Browsers133.3 The Document Object Model163.4. Cascading Style Sheets193.5 JavaScript233.6 Summary of the Web284.0 Ajax304.1 The getHTTPObject function36Design and Methodology391.0 Introduction392.0 The Data413.0 The First Iterations443.1 secondpage463.2 secondpagebest483.3 secondpagebestfast533.4 thirdpage544.0 The Second Iterations574.1 choice594.2 validation634.3 sqlite_choice_xhtml664.4 sqlite_validation_xhtml70
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