Introduction

In This Chapter

image 0.1    Ajax, the Acronym

image 0.2    This Book’s Intentions

image 0.3    Prerequisites for This Book

As the centerpiece of rich web application development, Ajax brings web interfaces using XHTML and CSS up to desktop application interface standards without the interfaces having to rely on plugins such as Flash or Java. Prior to JavaScript-based server interactions, interfaces had to rely solely on full-page loading, regardless ...

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