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Eric Lewis
2,633 PointsIn the app.js file, create a variable named request and assign it a new XMLHttpRequest object.
What do i do?
var xml = request
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>AJAX with JavaScript</title>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="main">
<h1>AJAX!</h1>
</div>
<div id="footer"></div>
</body>
</html>
4 Answers
Micheal Emerson
8,207 PointsAll you need to do is make a xmlhttp request like this:
var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
Darryl Le Roux
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 13,672 PointsWhy can you not use let instead of var? I get a parse error.
vladimirv
12,124 PointsLikely they havent updated content of older courses to the latest JavaScript standards, as before VAR was used extensively, now its recommended to use primarily LET and CONST.
Harshavardhan Gangavarapu
13,727 Pointsnew XMLHttpRequest();
ellie adam
26,377 Pointsvar request = new XMLHttpRequest();
Justin Sanchez
7,131 PointsJustin Sanchez
7,131 Pointsany reason why you had to add 'new'?
N L
7,301 PointsN L
7,301 Points'new' is like saying - create!