AJAX XMLHttpRequestObject Question?

[Joe San]

Guys,

The XMLHttpRequestObject has different properties for different browsers. So if I want to use XMLHttpRequestObject, then do I have to consider writing the properties for all the browsers if my app has to behave the same way across browsers?

[Ulf Dittmer]

The XMLHttpRequestObject has different properties for different browsers.

Where did you get that notion? The creation of an XHR object differs between IE and other browsers, but the supported methods are identical: XmlHttpRequest

[Ben Souther]

Libraries such as Prototype will take care of this for you.

[Prabhu Venkatachalam]

you will never, ever code calls to XHR. Instead you will use a library. The library will either be embedded accessible from a UI component library such as isomorphic, Active Widget or will be a wrapper library such as Prototype as Ben Souther said.

HTH.

[Joe San]

By AJAX libraries do you mean frameworks??

[Bear Bibeault]

Not necessarily, libraries such as Prototype and jQuery are not considered frameworks.

[Joe San]

Then how do people use AJAX in the real time?

[Bear Bibeault]

Eh?

What does "real time" have to do with the issue of using a JavaScript library and whether such libraries are considered frameworks?