Asynchronous code (async code) says: go do something while I do other things, then let me know what happened when the results are ready. Also known as concurrency, async is important in a variety of ...

Although the acronym AJAX is fairly straightforward, derived from Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, it’s significant because it captures a paradigm shift in the delivery of Web page content. The AJAX ...

Interactive Web pages, long dreamed of by designers, are finally here—Web interfaces that respond instantly to user commands, with minimal page redraw. All this and more is possible via Ajax ...

In modern web development, AJAX (asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is a technique that allows web applications to communicate with a server asynchronously, retrieving and sending data without ...

Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) means many things to many people. However, one thing is certain: To users it implies a higher level of functionality and an improved experience. To the developer ...

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jQuery is an open-sourced JavaScript library that simplifies creation and navigation of web applications. Specifically, jQuery simplifies HTML Document Object Model (DOM) manipulation, Asynchronous ...

This is a simple tutorial on Ajax that I hope will ease the fears of those of you who think Ajax can be intimidating. Despite the meaning of the term (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), Ajax really ...