The Internets
This is the gist of it
GET AND POST
- GET is used to get data from a server resource
- GET submits via the query string
- POST is used to submit data to a server resource
- POST is sent via HTTP message body
AJAX
Asynchronous javascript and XML
- Make requests to the server in the background
- Allows you to send and receive data from the server without refreshing the page
How
- XMLHttpRequest Object
- jQuery - $.ajax
- jQuery - $.get
- jQuery - $.post
$.get('/myapi', function(dataFromServer){ console.log(dataFromServer);});
Common Response Formats
- JSON - JavaScript Object Notation
{"slide" : {"type" : "all","title" : "Overview","items" : ["item1","item2"]}}
- XML - Extensible Markup Language
<slide type="all"> <title>Overview</title> <item>item1</item> <item>item2</item> </slide>