AJAX has grown in popularity over time, allowing web programmes to behave more and more like desktop applications. AJAX may provide a lot of extra functionality that would be impossible to provide any other way. What Is AJAX? How Does It Work? AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is an acronym for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. It is used to communicate between the client and server sides of an application. There was no mechanism for a web application's client side to communicate directly with the server before AJAX. You'd have to rely on page loads instead. The client and server can easily communicate with one other thanks to AJAX. Here is how the usual AJAX script goes: The event is triggered by some action, such as the user hitting a button. The AJAX call is activated, and it sends an XML request to a server-side script. The server-side script (PHP, ASP, or whatever) gets the data from JavaScript, processes it, and can access the database if necessary. The script deliver...