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an Ajax application. The discussion looked at why indiscriminate use of Ajax could have the reverse
effect to the desired one. Examples showed some good Ajax applications in action, and the chapter dis-
cussed their techniques. Last, you created your own Ajax application that used a lot of the technologies
to be discussed and used in this book.
Exercises
Suggested solutions to these questions can be found in Appendix A.
1. What are the defining points that will make a web application into an Ajax application?
2. Why might Ajax be considered a misleading acronym?
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