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diff --git a/guides/source/ajax_on_rails.textile b/guides/source/ajax_on_rails.textile index c7b0527012..71c7b0352c 100644 --- a/guides/source/ajax_on_rails.textile +++ b/guides/source/ajax_on_rails.textile @@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ page is not reloaded, and new information can be dynamically included in the pag The way that happens is by inserting, removing or changing parts of the DOM. The DOM, or Document Object Model, is a convention to represent the HTML document as a set of nodes that contain other nodes. For example a list of names is represented -as a @ul@ element node containing several @li@ element nodess. An AJAX call can -be made to obtain a new list item to include, and append it inside a @li@ node to -the @ul@ node. +as a +ul+ element node containing several +li+ element nodess. An AJAX call can +be made to obtain a new list item to include, and append it inside a +li+ node to +the +ul+ node. h4. Asynchronous JavaScript + XML @@ -36,15 +36,15 @@ h4. The DOM The DOM(Document Object Model) is a convention to represent HTML (or XML) documents, as a set of nodes that act as objects and contain other nodes. You can -have a @div@ element that containsmother @div@ elements as well as @p@ elements +have a +div+ element that contains other +div+ elements as well as +p+ elements that contain text. h4. Standard HTML communication vs AJAX In regular HTML comunications, when you click on a link, the browser makes an HTTP -@GET@ request, the server responds with a new HTML document that the browsers renders ++GET+ request, the server responds with a new HTML document that the browsers renders and then replaces the previous one. The same thing happens when you click a button to -submit a form, except that you make and HTTP @POST@ request, but you also get a new +submit a form, except that you make and HTTP +POST+ request, but you also get a new HTML document that the browser renders and replaces the current one. In AJAX communications, the request is separate, and the response is evaluated in JavaScript instead of rendered by the browser. That way you can have more control over the content @@ -294,4 +294,4 @@ JavaScript testing reminds me the definition of the world 'classic' by Mark Twai * Cucumber+Webrat * Mention stuff like screw.unit/jsSpec -Note to self: check out the RailsConf JS testing video +Note to self: check out the RailsConf JS testing video
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