CHAPTER 7 AJAX and PeopleSoft
AJAX is an acronym for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. The term was coined to describe the technique of using JavaScript to asynchronously send, load, or process external XML. While the fundamentals are the same, the term now encompasses all transparent HTTP requests initiated from JavaScript, regardless of the threading model or data format. The key is that the browser sends a transparent request to a service over HTTP.
JavaScript libraries dramatically simplify AJAX by providing several methods and configuration options for AJAX requests, as well as abstracting the differences between implementing web browsers. This chapter builds on the previous two chapters by using JavaScript (Chapter 6) to request and process ...
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