what is the difference between ajax and jquery and which one is better

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I am confused about using ajax or jquery so I want to know what the differences are and which one is better such as performance and complexity

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It s really not an  either or  situation   AJAX stands for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML  and JQuery is a JavaScript library that takes the pain out of writing common JavaScript routines    It s the difference between a thing  jQuery  and a process  AJAX   To compare them would be to compare apples and oranges

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They aren t comparable     Ajax  Asynchronous Javascript and XML  is a subset of javascript   Ajax is way for the client-side browser to communicate with the server  for example  retrieve data from a database  without having to perform a page refresh     jQuery is a javascript library that standardizes the javascript differences cross-browser  jQuery includes some ajax functions

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Ajax is a way of using Javascript for communicating with serverside without loading the page over again  jQuery uses ajax for many of its functions  but it nothing else than a library that provides easier functionality   With jQuery you dont have to think about creating xml objects ect ect  everything is done for you  but with straight up javascript ajax you need to program every single step of the ajax call

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On StackOverflow  pressing the up-vote button is AJAX whereas typing in your question or answer and seeing it appear in the real-time preview window below it is JavaScript  JQuery    This means that the difference between AJAX and Javascript is that AJAX allows you to communicate with the server without doing a page refresh  i e  going to a new page  whereas JavaScript  JQuery  allows you to embed logic and behaviour on your page  Of course  with this logic you create AJAX as well

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AJAX is a way of sending information between browser and server without refreshing page  It can be done with or without library like jQuery   It is easier with the library   Here is a list of JavaScript libraries frameworks commonly used in AJAX development

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AJAX is a technique to do an XMLHttpRequest  out of band Http request  from a web page to the server and send retrieve data to be used on the web page  AJAX stands for Asynchronous Javascript And XML   It uses javascript to construct an XMLHttpRequest  typically using different techniques on various browsers   jQuery  website  is a javascript framework that makes working with the DOM easier by building lots of high level functionality that can be used to search and interact with the DOM   Part of the functionality of jQuery implements a high-level interface to do AJAX requests   jQuery implements this interface abstractly  shielding the developer from the complexity of multi-browser support in making the request

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Ajax is a technology   paradigm  whereas jquery is a library  which provides - besides other nice functionality - a convenient wrapper around ajax  - thus you can t compare them

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A more simple English explanation  jQuery is something that makes AJAX and other JavaScript tasks much easier

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