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    Ok, I wanna mess around with ajax to get a feel for what it can do...
    but before I do that I wanna know some basic stuff about it...
    What can I do with it?
    Does it require the user to accept the script...
    Great Tutorial Sites or Code Databases *sites with premade ajax code...*

    Thats it!
    Thanks!

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    AJAX is just a "catchier" term than what is known as remote-scripting. It stands for Asynchronous JavaScript.
    The main purpose of AJAX is to do something that would otherwise normally require a full page reload. It allows you to change a specific element on the page without having to refresh the entire page.

    The user would need to have javascript enabled, and the user would need to be able to access the HTTP Object (DOM), and of course, IE has its own version. haha.


    see
    http://theopensourcery.com/ajaxdirections.htm
    http://www.ajaxlessons.com/2006/02/1...h-prototypejs/
    http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs...etting_Started

    or just do a search on google for
    AJAX basics

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    There are also a ton of e-books that you can look at to learn the basics; but Google will probably be your best bet.

    It stands for Asynchronous JavaScript
    Asynchronous JavaScript and XML is a more precise name.
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    k thanks guys

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