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Sci-fi author Duncan Munro's 1950 short story "U-Turn" includes a well-known passage that reads, "May you live in interesting times." I haven't actually read the story, therefore can't say whether it was meant as a blessing or a curse. Regardless, it seems particularly applicable to those of us steeped in Web development, as the last ten years have truly proved to be a whirlwind of excitement. And as the Web platform continues to mature, we're seeing an increasing number of amazing technologies that will take our applications to new levels of power and usability. The most recent development to catch the eye of developers worldwide is the so-called Ajax model, shorthand for Asynchronous JavaScript + XML. This notion seems to have revitalized the Web development community's goal of creating applications that are as rich and responsive as any desktop-based application, but with the added advantage of accessibility via the ubiquitous web browser.

Perhaps the most famous applications embracing the Ajax model is Google Maps. Surely you've played around with this website, perhaps entering your or other addresses of interest, and marveled as how the site responded to zooming and dragging around on the map in seeming real-time. Wouldn't it be great to incorporate Google's mapping capabilities into your applications, taking advantage of not only its enormous database, but also the eminently cool interface that comes with it?

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