Easy Activation of HTML in Ajax

An Ajax based application could work with XML, JavaScript, CSS and a little bit of HTML. Other programming languages could be part of this client side programming technique but they are often regarded as an add-on and not a part of Ajax.

The combination of these programming languages has made Ajax into one of the most powerful programming techniques. Instead of simple websites, highly interactive Ajax based online applications are created. It can even be said that the reality of cloud computing has been made possible because of the advancement of Ajax based applications.

But when it comes to programming, Ajax is one of the most difficult to code and maintain. The variables added in this programming technique are so much that a single update on the application could take weeks for full implementation.

For that reason, when you say “a little bit of HTML” it means HTML can’t be easily added to Ajax based application. HTML does not have any variables when it comes to integration to Ajax based application so necessary customization has to be made.

There is actually a trick to remove this limitation. Through this technique, the use of HTML will practically be “unlocked” in the Ajax based application.

Removing the Variables

The main concern of developers when dealing with HTML is on how to remove the variables which limits the retrieval and manipulation of HTML. To deal with this concern, developers do not have to work on an application without any variables just to have HTML. Not only will you have a very inefficient application, you’ll be creating an Ajax based application that might not work altogether.

Data and CSS

The trick in efficiently loading HTML without changing the variables in the application is to treat HTML as data. When HTML becomes data, developers should be able to easily deal with HTML with no variables necessary.

As data, developers should be able to use CSS in dealing with HTML. Usage of HTML could be through external style sheet so that it the source could be from an external website which widens the scope of CSS. Global style sheet is also a possibility but developers have to make sure that the attached HTML file will have all the data needed in the application.

CSS should be used in dealing with HTML since CSS has the capability to hide the variables at will. By adding a simple attribute “display:none” developers could hide the variables from HTML while the rest of the programming languages continue their normal interaction with CSS. HTML control will become possible since developers will now use DHTML to manipulate CSS which also controls HTML.

In gist, control of HTML is ultimately on DHTML. But DHTML cannot work directly with HTML because the variable found in the application will only make HTML a stagnant addition without any use. But if HTML is treated as a simple data, developers could access HTML through CSS which has the ability to hide variables. It’s a long process but it could be done.