When I first encountered this new term - AJAX, I thought this might be another sort of buzzword created by some alien nuts:), or possibly it would originate from the name of one famous Dutch Soccer club - FC Ajax, and probably the inventor of this term should have some kinda man crash on Marco Van Baston or some other big names in Dutch soccer history. Personally I also like Van Baston, he's a phenomenal player, but let me save it for another day:). When I have a time taking a closer look at what AJAX really is, I realize that this might be a big step forward in the future's web programming.
AJAX stands for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML which is a set of technologies conbined together, those technologies include:
- XHTML and CSS for presenting information
- DOM manipulated through JavaScript to dynamically display and interact with infomation presented
- the XMLHttpRequest object to interchange and manipulate data asynchronously with the web server
As AJAX hypes that the web application built with AJAX solution can be much responsive and attractive which in return can give the end users a much richer experience. Sounds terrific, isn't it?
My understanding of AJAX now is purely theoretical, I'll play with some code samples later on so that I can have a much better understanding of it.
