Chapter 15. XML IN JAVASCRIPT AND AJAX

Chapter 14 introduced Ajax and showed how it works inside web browsers. Normally, Ajax applications pass information back and forth between a web browser and a webserver. When a user drags a Google map, for example, the browser sends information to the server about how the user is dragging the map. The server then returns map-related information for the browser to interpret and display.

Information passed back and forth between a web browser and a webserver can take many forms. This chapter discusses the form used by Ajax: XML.

In this chapter you will learn:

  • What XML is and why it's useful

  • How to format information using XML

  • How to use JavaScript to read XML documents

  • What browser-compatibility issues relate to ...

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