Ajax: Asynchronous JavaScript and XMLQuestion: What does the buzzword Ajax mean, anyway? Answer: The term Ajax was coined by Jesse James Garrett, co-founder of Adaptive Path. The acronym Ajax (with only the first A usually capitalized) stands for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML; essentially, it serves as a marketing term denoting a set of technologies that together enable a new kind of Web applications. An Ajax-based Web application, unlike a traditional Web site,
Paul Graham gives the following characterization
of Ajax-based applications in his essay Basically, what "Ajax" means is "JavaScript now works." And that in turn means that web-based applications can now be made to work much more like desktop ones. As you read this, a whole new generation of software is being written to take advantage of Ajax. There hasn't been such a wave of new applications since microcomputers first appeared. |
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