Re: OOT - Ajax definitiondear all,

From: Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:36:56 +0000
Subject: Re: OOT - Ajax definitiondear all,
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On Fri, 2007-07-27 at 14:37 +0200, Satyam wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jay Blanchard" <jblanchard@pocket.com> > To: "Yeni Setiawan" <yenisetiawan@gmail.com>; <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 1:51 PM > Subject: RE: [PHP] OOT - Ajax definitiondear all, > > > > [snip] > > We all knew that AJAX is an achronym of Asynchronous Javascript And XML. > > > > When I use another data format like YAML or CSV, will it still be called > > as > > AJAX? > > Or just "yet another asynchronous method"? > > [/snip] > > > > AJAX makes a good catch-all term since the API is called XMLHttpRequest > > and the API can be used with all sorts of text data. The asynchronous > > method is still JavaScript (or is it ECMAScript?). Its original intent > > was XML data (just text with mark-up). Besides, AJAP (Asynchronous > > JavaScript and PHP) just doesn't sound right somehow. > > > > AJAH - and HTML > > AJAA - and ASP > > AJA.N - and .NET > > AJAC - and CSV > > AJAT - and TXT > > AJACF - and Cold Fusion > > AJAPL - and PERL > > > > > Just let the X stand for 'unknown'. > > Satyam Yeah, all of the above fall under the AJAX umbrella and are commonly just referred to as AJAX. Cheers, Rob. -- ........................................................... SwarmBuy.com - http://www.swarmbuy.com Leveraging the buying power of the masses! ...........................................................

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