Posted by Sanders Kaufman on 11/14/06 17:36

Toby Inkster wrote:

> Although a good idea, you don't actually need to know much about XML to
> use AJAX. AJAX can be a very useful set of techniques, and I'm glad I've
> started using them. I find it especially useful to be able to validate
> form fields against a server script in a javascript "onblur" event.

Wow - I'm really surprised to see so many developers
say that XML (a fundamental web dev skill) should
not be bothered with.

This kind of advice is like telling a math major to
learn addition and subtraction, but don't bother
with multiplication.

Really - the fundamental skills of professional web
dev are HTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript - everything else
feeds off of those core competencies.

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