XMLHttpRequest
XMLHttpRequest() is an object (a constructor function) that allows you to send HTTP requests from JavaScript. Historically, XMLHttpRequest (or XHR for short) was introduced in IE and was implemented as an ActiveX object. Starting with IE7 it's a native browser object, the same way as it's in the other browsers. The common implementation of this object across browsers gave birth to the so-called Ajax applications, where it's no longer necessary to refresh the whole page every time you need new content. With JavaScript, you can make an HTTP request to the server, get the response, and update only a part of the page. This way you can build much more responsive and desktop-like web pages.
Ajax stands for Asynchronous JavaScript and ...
Get Object-Oriented JavaScript - Second Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
