Chapter 2. The Easy Way to AJAX
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The core technology of the whole AJAX paradigm is the XMLHttpRequest object. Any AJAX frameworks you might happen to work with will use this object under the hood. If you end up using a different application programming interface (API), well, it’s only an abstraction layer built to overcome browser differences and simplify programming.
By this definition, the programming model of AJAX applications seems to be clear and unquestionable. You write code that captures client-side events, conduct an operation on the server via XMLHttpRequest, get the results, and update the user interface. All the client-side programming is ...
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