$.ajax breakdown for cross-domain requests.

ajax_breakdown.js

// An AJAX query is broken down like this...
$.ajax({
    // This means we're going to pull data; if you're
    // creating something new on the server, this'll be POST
    type: "GET",
	
    // This tells jQuery to use a cross-domain fetching trick
    dataType: "jsonp",
	
    // The BASE URL we want to query data from
    url: '',
	
    // The params object you created
    data: { /* your object here */ },
	
    // A function to call when the query is completed
    success: function(tweets) {
        // Do stuff
    },
	
    // A function to call if things blow up completely - like Twitter is down
    error: function() {
        alert("OH GOD THE TWITTERS IS DOWN");
    }
});