ajax.md

Why use AJAX?

• AJAX = Asynchronous JavaScript + XML (although JSON is used more these days)
• No refresh
• Less bandwidth
• Split the work between the client and server
  • Offload some of the work to the user's computer

Asynchronous

 $.ajax({
    url: "https://turing-birdie.herokuapp.com/api/v1/posts",
    method: "GET",
    dataType: "JSON",
    success: function(posts){ // <- the 'posts' here is kind of like a block parameter in ruby |posts|

    }

  })

 $.ajax({
    url: "https://turing-birdie.herokuapp.com/api/v1/posts.json",
    method: "GET",
    dataType: "JSON",
    success: function(posts){
      console.table(posts)
    }

  })