Ajax Won't Cure a Bad Design

All the dynamic interactivity in the world won't correct a web application with a design that is fundamentally flawed.

All the tenets of good web design still apply to Ajax applications:

• Write for multiple browsers and validate your code.

• Comment and document your code well so that you can debug it later.

• Use small graphics wherever possible so that they load quickly.

• Make sure that your choices of colors, backgrounds, font sizes, and styles don't make pages difficult to read.

Tip

The W3C offers a free online validator at http://validator.w3.org/.