tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11094293443622824442012-02-16T11:00:11.290ZNicknoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1109429344362282444.post-65886055813909454762006-10-12T12:17:00.000+01:002006-10-12T17:35:24.229+01:00AJAX is a combination of technologies used for creating interactive web applications and is an acronym for <strong>A</strong>synchronous <strong>J</strong>avascript <strong>A</strong>nd <strong>X</strong>ML. <br /><br />The term was coined by Jesse James Garrett, currently the Director of User Experience Strategy at <a href="http://www.adaptivepath.com"><strong>adaptive path</strong></a>. <br /><br />His original essay, <a href="http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000385.php"><strong>Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications</strong></a> is a good starting point.<br /><br /><center><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7628/135428386762973/1600/ajax-fig1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7628/135428386762973/320/ajax-fig1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /></center><br /><br />Ajax acts as an extra layer between a users browser and a web server. It handles server communication requests and processes the returned data which is integrated into the current page without needing to load a complete new page. This enables you to build web-based applications that run as quickly as software running locally.<br /><br /><h3>What are the advantages and disadvantages of this approach?</h3><br /><strong>Pros</strong><br />reduces bandwidth<br />interactivity<br />don't need to download/install plugins<br /><br /><strong>Cons</strong><br />response times depend on network latency (the interval between a user request and the server response)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1109429344362282444-6588605581390945476?l=ajaxtech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nicknoreply@blogger.com0