Overview#
XMLHttpRequest (also AJAX, short for "asynchronous JavaScript and XML") is a set of Web development techniques using many Web technologies on the client-side to create asynchronous Web applications.XMLHttpRequest applications can send data to and retrieve from a server asynchronously (in the background) without interfering with the display and behavior of the existing page. By decoupling the data interchange layer from the presentation layer, XMLHttpRequest allows for Single-Page Applications. In practice, modern implementations commonly most Single-Page Applications substitute JSON for XML due to the advantages of being native to JavaScript.
Fetch API provides an interface for fetching resources and provides a better alternative that can be easily used by other technologies such as Service Workers.
More Information#
There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:- AJAX
- Cross Origin Resource Sharing
- Single-Page Application
- Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group
- [#1] - XMLHttpRequest
- based on information obtained 2017-10-11-
