AJAX Tutorial

AJAX = Asynchronous JavaScript And XML

AJAX is an acronym for Asynchronous JavaScript And XML.

AJAX is not a programming language. but simply a development technique for creating interactive web applications.

The technology uses JavaScript to send and receive data between a web browser and a web server.

The AJAX technique makes web pages more responsive by exchanging data with a server behind the scenes, instead of reloading an entire web page each time a user makes a change.

With AJAX, web applications can be faster, more interactive, and more user friendly.

AJAX uses an XMLHTTPRequest object to send data to a web server, and XML is commonly used as the format for receiving server data, although any format including and plain text can be used.

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