This post was written as part of the How to Write a WordPress Plugin series.
More and more plugins are starting to use AJAX techniques. I personally don't see a use for most cases of AJAX, but it may be necessary for your plugin to use AJAX to accomplish a task. This post will [...]

"Custom Reading Width Beta" allows users of a particular website to adjust a reading container in order to suit their preferences. In essence, the user can choose the "reading width" of the layout, and also choose whether the behavior of the website is fixed or fluid.
My inspiration behind writing the script Custom Reading Width [...]

When you unpack your shiny new version of Rails and generate your first Ajax link, you are using the Prototype library. It’s beautiful to use. It adds many Rails-like constructs into the JavaScript language, e.g. the each method to iterate a closure over an array. Sexy stuff. But, how do you create a hover effect without using prototype?