Who invented AJAX?
January 16, 2008 · Filed Under AJAX Interview Questions, Placement Questions
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Microsoft first implemented the XMLHTTPRequest object in Internet Explorer 5 for Windows as an ActiveX object. It is the term coined after this support.
Asynchronous javascript and XML. Nobody invented AJAX, Jesse James Garrett of Adaptive Path coined the phrase early 2005 - but the tech was already in place much earlier than that.
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