====== Starting the project ====== ===== Created a Footer ===== * implementing it in the prof view first ===== Took Ajax Tutorial ===== * took the tutorial on the w3schools site * Asynchronous JavaScript and XML * used as a new way to use existing standards (JavaScript, XML, HTML, CSS) * used for better, faster, more interactive web applications * communicates directly with server using the JavaScript XMLHttpRequest object (without reloading the page) * the onreadystatechange function has 5 states, from 0, not initialized, to 4, complete * the data sent back from the server can be retrieved with the resposneTextProperty ~~DISCUSSION~~