How to recognize if web app uses ajax?

[jjoensuu]

Hi all,

I am working on a CRM application that provides a web application and uses Javascript with this.

I was interested on whether this app uses ajax, but is there a way to find out if this is the case? For example, should the web pages contain the word "ajax" if ajax is used?

cheers,

 

[BabyJeffy]

The acronym AJAX does not appear in the javascript code required to pull off Asynchronous Javascript with XML. You could run a files search over the codebase for XMLHttpRequest - that would indicate a possibility the web app uses AJAX (but just having the code in a library does not prove it's being used).

Cheers,
Jeff

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[snowboardr]

Download this firefox exstension works excellent for this...

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1843/

Once installed click the green check at the bottom of your firefox browser make sure you are on the Console tab and then drop down Options to the left, and make sure Show XMLHttpRequest is checked... then do some clicking on your application, you will see AJAX request here, and if you click the arrow it will drop down and give you want was sent and recieved through the ajax... its pretty awesome really... great for debugging javascript also... it has a built in javascript command line at the bottom too for typing js in...


Jason


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