[Javascript] DOM vs AJAX

[Matt Warden]

On 6/20/06, Mike Dougherty <mdougherty at pbp.com> wrote:
> Are you using AJAX instead of server side include (SSI) ?  If you have html in a file that you
> want to be part of the document, you could include it into the original source html - no AJAX
> necessary.   (this supports David Dorward's suggestion that AJAX is an overhyped buzzword)
>

Surely he is not talking about using AJAX as a way of including files.
It's the dynamic content without a page refresh he's after.

AJAX might be an overhyped word, but it's not an overhyped methodology.

> So you want to make a more interactive experience without round-tripping form submissions.  You
> can include various 'panels' and manage their state via javascript.  DHTML still does not require
> AJAX.

And if the number of possible states is large or infinite, then what?


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