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[–] trashxeos@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And here I was, when AJAX first released, I struggled to wrap my head around making it work. I didn't last long in webdev, it just wasn't my forte. At best I can shell script some tasks these days but I'm way too out of practice at this point.

[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] trashxeos@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

It's using Javascript to retrieve and update information on the page without refreshing or moving to a different one. Example usage, on a sign up page, it can tell you a username is taken before you try to submit the form. The name is an acronym for Asynchronous Javascript And XML.

[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 19 hours ago