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Security comparison between xmlHttpRequest and HttpRequest
Is there a difference between HttpRequest and xmlHttpRequest in terms of security? Is one more secure than the other?
Is it more secure to send important data such as passwords via HttpRequest than ...
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Why does XMLHttpRequest not seem to follow a naming convention?
I've been working with the XMLHttpRequest object in JavaScript recently, and I couldn't help but notice that the casing of this name makes no sense. Why is 'XML' all in caps while 'Http' is not? ...
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Who first created or popularized the original XMLHTTPRequest / MSXML?
I'm trying to understand the origins of AJAX, and think MSXML and XMLHTTPRequest were the objects that started it all.
Which came first, and/or became the defacto way to create dynamic pages?
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Should we (still) consider a synced XMLHTTPRequest bad practice?
As you may know, XMLHTTPRequest can be used synchronously or asynchronously, but synchronized requests have always been considered bad practice, and I've always agreed with that.
Not only is the ...
