Comments on: Web 2.0 double header — APIs and AJAX http://richardkmiller.com/156/web-20-double-header-apis-and-ajax Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:07:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jimmy Zimmerman http://richardkmiller.com/156/web-20-double-header-apis-and-ajax/comment-page-1#comment-858 Jimmy Zimmerman Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:00:09 +0000 http://www.richardkmiller.com/blog/archives/2006/03/web-20-double-header-apis-and-ajax#comment-858 I think there is definitely a correlation between an API and AJAX interface. If you build a REST web services API for your application, AJAX is easily woven into your web app as REST requests generally return XML which can be easily parsed with your JavaScript. I wonder which is driving which (AJAX driving APIs or APIs driving AJAX). My bet is that it is the AJAX that is driving APIs to become available. I think there is definitely a correlation between an API and AJAX interface. If you build a REST web services API for your application, AJAX is easily woven into your web app as REST requests generally return XML which can be easily parsed with your JavaScript.

I wonder which is driving which (AJAX driving APIs or APIs driving AJAX). My bet is that it is the AJAX that is driving APIs to become available.

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