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Posts Tagged ‘xmlhttprequest’

AJAX and JSON Part 1

Sunday, June 11th, 2006

When Microsoft added the ActiveX XMLHTTP object to Internet Explorer’s implementation of JavaScript, the company planted the seed for the revolution in Web applications known as Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, or AJAX. Today, Firefox, Safari, Opera, and other browsers all support what is now known as XMLHttpRequest, making possible sites such as colr.org, backpackit.com, and [...]

AJAX Getting Started

Thursday, June 8th, 2006

This article guides you through the AJAX basics and gives you two simple hands-on examples to get you started.
What’s AJAX?
AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is a newly coined term for two powerful browser features that have been around for years, but were overlooked by many web developers until recently when applications such as Gmail, Google [...]