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Free Ajax Tutorial
What is AJAX ?
- AJAX stands for Asynchronous
JavaScript and XML. AJAX is a new technique for
creating better, faster, and more interactive web applications
with the help of XML, HTML, CSS and Java Script.
- Ajax uses XHTML for content and
CSS for presentation, as well as the Document Object Model and
JavaScript for dynamic content display.
- Conventional web application
trasmit information to and from the sever using synchronous
requests. This means you fill out a form, hit submit, and get
directed to a new page with new information from the server.
- With AJAX when submit is
pressed, JavaScript will make a request to the server, interpret
the results and update the current screen. In the purest sense,
the user would never know that anything was even transmitted to
the server.
- XML is commonly used as the
format for receiving server data, although any format, including
plain text, can be used.
- AJAX is a web browser
technology independent of web server software.
- A user can continue to use the
application while the client program requests information from the
server in the background
- Intuitive and natural user
interaction. No clicking required only Mouse movement is a
sufficient event trigger.
- Data-driven as opposed to
page-driven