1. Ajax

  2. What is it?

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  3. Jesse James Garrett

    Jesse James Garrett

    The name is shorthand for Asynchronous JavaScript + XML, and it represents a fundamental shift in what's possible on the Web.

    Ajax isn't a technology. It's really several technologies, each flourishing in its own right, coming together in powerful new ways.

    Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications

  4. Derek Powazek

    Derek Powazek

    If the traditional web was letter writing, Ajax is instant messaging.

  5. Me

    Ajax is a way of communicating with the server without refreshing the whole page.

  6. Examples

  7. So what?

    You can update part of a document instead of refreshing the whole thing.

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    What's the big deal?

  8. Wow!

    You can update part of a document instead of refreshing the whole thing!

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    Holy crap!

  9. More than DOM Scripting

    Communication with the server is what distinguishes Ajax from DOM Scripting/DHTML

  10. The Ajax toolkit