Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJaX)

Description

What is AJaX?

• A name given to an existing approach
to building dynamic web applications

• Web pages use JavaScript to make asynchronous calls
to web-based services that typically return XML
    – allows user to continue interacting with web page
         while waiting for data to be returned
    – page can be updated without refreshing browser
    – results in a better user experience
    – there are AJaX libraries that reduce the amount
        of JavaScript code that must be written

• Uses a JavaScript class called XMLHttpRequest

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