Magic in the Browser

Believe it or not, there was a time when web pages were completely static. No, I’m serious! All you could do was type in a URL, go to that page, and read it. That’s it!

JavaScript, along with a technology called Ajax, changed that. By giving users the ability to manipulate and change things directly in the browser, the web suddenly started doing things that were previously reserved for the desktop.

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