书如其名，介绍AJAX的基础知识，作为程序员入门非常合适。老外写书一向喜欢追根溯源，本书也不例外，第一章就是Web技术的发展简史，从Internet的起源说起，洋洋洒洒。
Today we have no fewer than four XML derivatives for creating Web applications (and that doesn’t count the W3C’s XHTML): XUL from Mozilla; XAMJ, an open-source alternative that blends Java into the mix; MXML from Macromedia; and XAML from Microsoft.
第二章介绍了AJAX的核心技术——XMLHttpRequest对象。
标准的对象方法：
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Method
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Description
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abort()
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The current request.
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getAllResponseHeaders()
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Returns all the response headers for the HTTP request as key/value pairs.
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getResponseHeader("header")
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Returns the string value of the specified header.
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open("method", "url")
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Sets the stage for a call to the server. The method argument can be either GET, POST, or PUT. The url argument can be relative or absolute. This method includes three optional arguments.
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send(content)
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Sends the request to the server.
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setRequestHeader("header", "value")
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Sets the specified header to the supplied value.
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open()
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must be called before attempting to set any headers.
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标准的对象属性：
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Property
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Description
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onreadystatechange
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The event handler that fires at every state change, typically a call to a JavaScript function.
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readyState
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The state of the request. The five possible values are 0 = uninitialized,1 = loading, 2 = loaded, 3 = interactive, and 4 = complete.
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responseText
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The response from the server as a string.
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responseXML
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The response from the server as XML. This object can be parsed and examined as a DOM object.
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status
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The HTTP status code from the server (that is, 200 for OK, 404 for Not Found, and so on).
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statusText
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The text version of the HTTP status code (that is, OK or Not Found, and so on).
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使用XMLHttpRequest对象发送请求的基本过程：
1. 获得XMLHttpRequest.的对象实例；
2. 设置对象的onreadystatechange属性所指向的JavaScript方法，以确定对象变化时执行该方法。
3. 赋值请求的属性。对XMLHttpRequest对象的open()方法参数赋值
4. 发送请求到服务器
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