Ajax Chap 11 Code Not Working

[tonyscarpelli]

I jumped to the Ajax chapter since I needed to understand it in some other projects.

 

I entered in the code from the book and I can't get it to work.

 

I tried the downloaded code from the book site, and that didn't work either.

 

Do I have to put this code in my web site or can I run it from my loacal PC?

 

Thanks.

[HartleySan]

Ajax is a combination of Javascript with a server-side language, and you need to be running a server to run the server-side scripts called from JS via Ajax.

If you have a Web server, you can use that, or a better option for testing purposes would be to install a virtual Web server software package like XAMPP (which most people here use) and run the scripts from there.

[tonyscarpelli]

Thanks HartleySan, I installed Xampp and worked my way through some install errors, but got it to work.

 

I put the Ajax Test book code into the server and got it to work.

 

I have a question about this, however.

 

Do you guys edit your code outside Xampp and copy the code into it?

 

Or do you edit the code inside the Xampp server?

 

Thanks.

[Antonio Conte]

Inside XAMPP. I use it as a development server and upload to a normal server when I'm satisfied and sure the code is working as expeced.

[HartleySan]

XAMPP is nice in that it's local to your machine and no one else can access the code, so it's very secure for testing purposes.

Like Antonio said, I generally develop in XAMPP until I'm satisfied, and then transfer it over to a real Web server.