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Asked: 2026-05-21T05:21:10+00:00

I’m dipping my toes into web development. Based on various bits of advice, I’m

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I’m dipping my toes into web development. Based on various bits of advice, I’m going to start by getting a handle on html, css and javascript.

I’m interested in Ajax, I’ve had a look at the client side code and that looks straight forward enough, I’m slightly confused about what I do on the server side.

I’m using IIS and ASP.NET. I’ve had a google but I can’t find anything that is either simple or current. There’s a lot of talk about the Ajax toolkit, which I believe are controls which use Ajax (and may be retired??) Everything else seems to be based on old versions which I don’t trust.

So, in really simple terms, what do I have to do in IIS to respond to an AJAX call?

Quick aside, I believe we can use JSON for object serialisation?? I assume I don’t need to in the interests of getting a simple sample running?

So I have an Ajax call which will have one parameter, and I want to return “something” based on the parameter. What is the simplest code to achieve that with IIS and ASP.NET?

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  1. Editorial Team

    An AJAX call is basically just a regular call to your website. The only difference is how the browser handles it – AJAX calls are done in the background with Javascript (the J in AJAX) and then does something with the data. You could take the URL that you’re doing an AJAX call with and put it in your address bar and it’ll return the exact same data. So, basically, what you do on the server side is exactly what you would do as if it were a form being submitted, for example.

    As far as object serialization, yes, JSON can do that.

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