Asynchronous Data Transfers
If you are new to data transfers and you are not exactly sure what the term asynchronous data transfers actually means, don’t worry—you are probably unaware of the fact that you already understand them and have used them while developing in other languages. This type of transaction is most typical of programming languages, and is a very important part of the XHR and, ultimately, all enterprise Ajax applications. This section will demystify asynchronous data transfers before we begin to dive into coding the object-oriented Ajax engine.
Asynchronous data transfers are a type of two-way communication that occurs with a time delay, allowing data to respond on its own time, when it is available. In other words, you can ...
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