Chapter 19. Spring and AJAX
AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is a new approach to web application development that uses client-side scripting to exchange data with the web server. As a result, web pages are dynamically updated without interrupting the user interaction flow by a full page refresh. With AJAX, developers can create rich browser-based web applications that look and behave more like native desktop applications.
AJAX is not one technology but a combination of several:
XHTML and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Document Object Model (DOM)
XML (and XSLT)
XMLHttpRequest (XHR)
JavaScript
Unlike many of the approaches used in the past, AJAX works in most modern browsers and doesn't require any proprietary software or hardware. In fact, one of ...
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