15. Ajax
Ajax used to be an acronym for “Asynchronous JavaScript and XML,” but now it’s just a buzzword for highly dynamic Web pages. With Ajax, you have the ability to send and receive data from your server without having to load a whole new page. This allows you to do the following:
• Quickly load additional content only when the user needs it, making your initial page load smaller
• Send data from links and forms back to the server without a page refresh, which makes your pages feel faster
The XMLHttpRequest object makes Ajax possible. Originally a Microsoft innovation, all modern browsers support it without too many cross-browser inconsistencies. I recommend researching how to use the native XMLHttpRequest object to understand what’s going ...
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