What the smurf is ajax?
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What the smurf is ajax?
OK... has something to do with xhtml (html), javascript and xml? is this correct? What is it??
It can use xml, all it means is javascript is making a remote procedure call
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax
You can let javascript select, update or delete from your database for instance by having it call a PHP page. Its been around forever but its recently being called AJAX.. just another useless buzz word
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax
You can let javascript select, update or delete from your database for instance by having it call a PHP page. Its been around forever but its recently being called AJAX.. just another useless buzz word
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you guys i think are underestimating AJAX, look at this simple app with the power of AJAX it has become highly usable.
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Yes it has become a bit of a "Buzz Word" but it's damn useful. Microsoft started it with the activeX object (Microsoft.XMLHTTP) but it's now been introduced into other browsers as the XMLHttpRequest object. It essentially allows the browser to pull information from the server (or send information) without actually reloading the page.
Yes it has become a bit of a "Buzz Word" but it's damn useful. Microsoft started it with the activeX object (Microsoft.XMLHTTP) but it's now been introduced into other browsers as the XMLHttpRequest object. It essentially allows the browser to pull information from the server (or send information) without actually reloading the page.
I said the buzzword is useless, not the technology itself. Anyways, its been possible forever, only recently has all the hype started. Contrary to mass belief the xmlhttp request thing did not start ajax, it can be done through an iframe (and this is how we used to do it in the old days.. god if I ever have kids that become web developers they're going to hate me telling them crap like that all the time)raghavan20 wrote:you guys i think are underestimating AJAX, look at this simple app with the power of AJAX it has become highly usable.