Learn how to use Ajax on your website or web application to communicate with your server. After reading this guide, you will know how to read files on the server and process their content, how to control the process with events, how to send data to the server, and how to upload and download resources.

Table of Contents

AJAX LEVEL 2

The XMLHttpRequest Object

Properties

Events

Sending Data

Uploading Files

Real-Life Application

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Request

Response

Event

Data

This guide assumes that you have a basic knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and you know how to create files and upload them to a server. If you don't know how to program in HTML, CSS or JavaScript, you can download our guides Introduction to HTML, Introduction to CSS, and Introduction to JavaScript. For a complete course on web development, read our book HTML5 for Masterminds.

This guide is a collection of excerpts from the book HTML5 for Masterminds. The information included in this guide will help you understand a particular aspect of web development, but it will not teach you everything you need to know to develop a website or a web application. If you need a complete course on web development, read our book HTML5 for Masterminds. For more information, visit our website at www.formasterminds.com.