In this screencast we explore the jQuery $.post() command in order to create a simple AJAX login script that also gracefully degrades and works for users who do not have JavaScript enabled.
You may want to check out my post "What Exactly is JSON?" if you're not familiar with the JavaScript Object Notation before watching.
This is the first in a series of screencasts that I'm creating to highlight the AJAX functionality present in the open source Javascript framework jQuery. In this screencast I give a brief overview of AJAX as well as delve into our first jQuery command.
AJAX stands for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML.
