Ajax Web Hosting

What is Ajax ?

Ajax stands for Asynchronous Javascript and XMLAjax is a wonderful new tool to improve usability of sites. Although developers must be careful about what is possible, the added functionality is worth it. Many established internet companies are using Ajax. Yahoo uses it for their homepage and the user interaction. It is also used in their Yahoo Music system for rating songs. Google's very popular Gmail email client is a Ajax web application, as is Google maps.

The traditional web site approach is to display pages and reload the page when you click on links. The Ajax approach is to NOT reload the entire page when links are clicked, but instead only reload the relevant data. This is accomplished by using Javascript to mimic the action of going to a page and getting data. For instance, let's say a page has a list of products. There are a few ways to show more detailed information about this product. When the user clicks on the product, the "normal" way to find out information about the product is to go to a new page. The "Ajaxy" way is to have Javascript request (go to) the page with the extra info about this product and then have Javascript get the data and display it on the page the user is already on.  While both ways are functional, the Ajaxy way is faster. It also is significantly "smaller" than the normal way because it can save bandwidth.

AJAX stands for Asynchronous JavaScript And XML.
AJAX is not a new programming language, but a new way to use existing standards.
With AJAX you can create better, faster, and more user-friendly web applications.
AJAX is based on JavaScript and HTTP requests.

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