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Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:52:24 +1100
Subject: Re: What's the very simplest way to run some Python from a button on a web page?
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On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> wrote:
> It seems what you're after is AJAX. =A0If you are using a Javascript
> framework like jQuery, it's easy to fire off an asynchronous request back
> to your server that leaves the existing page alone.

If you aren't using a framework, look up the XMLHttpRequest object -
that's what does the work. As Tim says, there's no lack of good
material on the subject.

ChrisA