learn to use XMLHttpRequest

hi

jQuery

well, I did this, although I definitely prefer using rails magic to do ajaxy things, at least I have done it once so I can if I need to. Parsing XML in javascript is awkward though.

XMLHttpRequests are a great addition to any web application!

It’s pretty awesome not having to do a page postback.

i’ve heard what xmlHttpRequest can do, but i dont know how to do that!
be Cool XmlHttpRequest !

Creating Javascript GUIs is a surprisingly satisfying activity.

Yesterday i implemented my first bit of AJAX in a contact form on my sandbox site (http://joshuarudd.com)—it went pretty well and wasn’t too difficult (it helped having a slew of public domain libraries to work with). Hopefully soon i’ll get the hang of it a bit more and start developing custom scripts for my clients.

i’m using xmlhttprequest to load some text from another page, i wrote code, according to examples given. But there is a problem with internet explorer (firefox works fine), it doesnt refresh the page i’m loading data from. the page should be generated each time request has been sent (every half second), but it isn’t, internet explorer shows old version each time. by changing setting in internet options, temporary internet files, check for newer version from automatically to always problem disappeared. i cannot ask each user to change this settings… is there another solution?

• http://www.webpasties.com/xmlHttpRequest/
• http://jpspan.sourceforge.net/wiki/doku.php?id=javascript:xmlhttprequest