Joey Javas

Ajax is shorthand for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. Ajax is used primarly in web applications to get or post data on a web page without having to reload the entire page. It is utilized primarly as a usability technique. When used correctly, it can greatly enhance productivity for users of web applications as the wait time between full page loads can be drastically reduced, or even eliminated.

Ajax is not a single programming language. It combines the usage of multiple programming languages, most notably JavaScript, the Document Object Model (DOM), CSS and XML.

Ajax has gained considerable popularity in the past few years, although the technologies that comprise the concept have been around for much longer than that. The term “Ajax” is attributed to Jesse James Garrett. I highly recommend his article Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications

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