X - Salesforce Features
AJAX Toolkit
Plug an
d Play to Develop Dynamic User Interfaces
- Access the Apex API through JavaScript
- Hook custom s-controls into Salesforce with ease
With Winter ’07, salesforce.com introduces the Apex AJAX toolkit 8.0. The AJAX toolkit allows developers to easily create dynamic Web pages and s-controls that harness the full power of the Apex API 8.0.
This feature is available in Enterprise and Unlimited Editions.
Training and Documentation
- Release Notes (PDF)
- AJAX Toolkit Developer's Guide (HTML)
- Dreamforce Presentation: Out of Bounds with AJAX (Video, PDF, PPT)
Feature Details
- Full-Featured API Support: With Winter ’07, the AJAX toolkit includes complete support for the Apex API 8.0. The toolkit also binds Salesforce components to JavaScript objects and provides complete schema support, including custom objects and custom fields.
- User Interface Integration: Leverage the toolkit in your s-control or dynamic Web page with a single line of code. With integrated session management, the toolkit automatically establishes a session—there’s no need for merge fields or separate login calls.
- High Performance: The toolkit is tuned for high performance and scalability from the ground up.

3 Comments
December 22
The link to the "AJAX" tookit docs is actually link to the ApexAPI docs which has no reference to AJAX at all. Surely this link should point to http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/ajax/index.htm
December 22
Thanks David - I have updated the link to point to the correct document. Sorry for any confusion.
January 17
I signed up for APEX at the window at Winter '07.
Eclipse allows me to create a new APEX project but there are no folders for Trigger and Packages. According to the doc, this means I have not had APEX enabled for my Developer account.
How do I now get APEX enabled?