[QUOTE] [QUOTE] [QUOTE] There are some, if not quite cutting edge at least "new and interesting" things that I would recommend anyone new to Web app development to take a look at, AJAX[1] and "Ruby on Rails" to name but two.[/QUOTE] And the thing to bear in mind with AJAX is that's it's nothing that a J2EE/XML/JavaScript[1] person doesn't know already.[/QUOTE] Oh, I know - it's not a technology in itself, it's just a package/mini-framework.[/QUOTE] As I understand it, it isn't even that, formally. Some people have stuck together apis and utilities and called them "Ajax" but they're really nothing more than handy JavaScript. [QUOTE] I was just getting at the fact that it's a good thing to have on your CV at the minute. Apparently.[/QUOTE] This is true.