Many developers are being asked to create ever more data intensive Web front ends and applications. As developers begin to realize the diverse ways in which Web technologies can be used for communicating and collaborating, technologies such as AJAX will become more prevalent. AJAX is really very simple and powerful. Integrating AJAX into your next application may solve many problems and give your users the interactivity and speed they are beginning to expect when looking for information on the Web. This is a brief overview of AJAX and how you can use it, in a spreadsheet application that has Spread, to expand the possibilities and show your customers that you have the power to solve some of their problems with ease. The use of AJAX in a Web Forms application provides many benefits and improvements. There are also limitations to its use and there are applications in which it makes more sense than others. FarPoint recommends understanding AJAX before using it in spreadsheet application development with Spread for Web Forms