High Performance Websites: 14 rules for fast web pages

Julien is the author of a new, experimental YUI component, the Browser History Manager, which was released earlier this week. In this article, he explores the broad problems associated with controlling history and state in the browser during rich interactions and he lays out the multifaceted approach he took to building a YUI history manager with support for all A-Grade browsers.

This article presents an open source JavaScript library that finally brings bookmarking and back button support to AJAX applications. By the end of this tutorial, developers will have a solution to an AJAX problem that not even Google Maps or Gmail possesses: robust, usable bookmarking and back and forward behavior that works exactly like the rest of the Web.

The Google AJAX Search API is a Javascript library that allows you to embed Google Search in your web pages and other web applications. To use the API, you will first need to sign up for an API key, and then follow the instructions below.The Google AJAX Search API provides simple web objects that perform inline searches over a number of Google services (Web Search, Local Search, Video Search, Blog Search, and News Search). If your web page is designed to help users create content (e.g. message boards, blogs, etc.), the API is designed to support these activities by allowing them to copy search results directly into their messages.This API is new, and its feature set is largely determined by active involvement of its customers. Please join us in helping to shape the API and features by participating in the Google AJAX Search API discussion group to give feedback and discuss the API.