May 15, 2011 · Possible Duplicate: How does AJAX work? Note: This is a community wiki post I've often heard of AJAX being used for providing a user with dynamic content. What is it and how does it work?

Oct 2, 2009 · Ajax, which consists of HTML, JavaScript™ technology, DHTML, and DOM, is an outstanding approach that helps you transform clunky Web interfaces into interactive Ajax applications.

May 11, 2014 · AJAX (Asynchronous javascript and XML) is the javascript implementation of partial server requests which is typically carried out using the XMLHttpRequest object.

Mar 16, 2011 · For differences between jQuery and other implementations, and how to convert jQuery promises to Promises/A+ compliant, see Coming from jQuery by Kris Kowal et al. on the Q library …

The "image" people generally show during an ajax call is an animated gif. Since there is no way to determine the percent complete of the ajax request, the animated gifs used are indeterminate spinners.

How can I make an AJAX call using JavaScript, without using jQuery?

269 Ajax post and upload file is possible. I'm using jQuery $.ajax function to load my files. I tried to use the XHR object but could not get results on the server side with PHP.

Feb 15, 2011 · This Stack Overflow page provides an example of how to use jQuery Ajax POST with PHP.

Bluish is completely right about this, you can't do it through Ajax because JavaScript cannot save files directly to a user's computer (out of security concerns). Unfortunately pointing the main window's …

Sep 25, 2008 · One is telling Ajax to perform synchronously (by setting async: false) and the other is returning the response via the calling function's return statement, rather than into a callback function. …