The term Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax) was coined by Jesse James Garrett in 2005. Since then, it has come to represent many different things, as the term encompasses a group of related capabilities and techniques. At its most basic level, an Ajax solution includes the following technologies:
- JavaScript: This is used to capture interactions with the user or other browser-related events and to interpret the data from the server and present it on the page
- XMLHttpRequest: This allows requests to be made to the server without interrupting other browser tasks
- Textual data: The server provides data in a format such as XML, HTML, or JSON
Ajax transforms static web pages into interactive web applications. Unsurprisingly, ...
