Understanding AJAX: Using JavaScript to Create Rich Internet Applications

Chapter 3. Consuming the Sent Data

In this chapter

▪ 3.1 Document-Centric Approaches

▪ 3.2 Remote Scripting

▪ 3.3 How to Decide on a Request Type

▪ 3.4 Summary

There are two main ways you can use the data you receive from XMLHttpRequest or one of the fallback methods: the document-centric approach, and the other is remote scripting. In this chapter, we look at different ways to implement these techniques and use the data we learned to send in the previous chapter.

3.1 Document-Centric Approaches

A document-centric approach to AJAX simply means that your main interaction with the server is pulling down pages of content. This doesn’t mean that the pages aren’t dynamically generated, but it does mean you’re pulling down the content in a ready-to-use ...