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Head Rush Ajax
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Head Rush Ajax

by Brett McLaughlin
March 2006
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
448 pages
13h 33m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Chapter 1
The highlight reel: Chapter 1
So you’re probably thinking, “What’s a highlight reel doing at the beginning of the chapter?
That’s not normal.” You’re right... but this is Head Rush, remember? Before you go
any further, stop and read each of these highlights out loud.
Then, go on to the next page, and get ready to load these concepts into your brain. We’ll
work through each of these in detail throughout this chapter.
Asynchronous applications make requests using a
JavaScript object, and not a form submit.
Your requests and responses are handled by the web
browser, not directly by your JavaScript code.
Once the web browser gets a response to your
asynchronous request, it will “call back” your
JavaScript with the server’s response.
We’re not kidding... don’t go any further until you’ve
read these OUT LOUD. Trust us, nobody will think
you’re weird (well, maybe someone will, but then they’ll
be impressed with how smart you’re becoming, too!)
chapter 1 highlights
DETOUR
We’ll get to coding in just a few pages.
First, let’s take a short detour...
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