Invisible wrote:
> I do, but it can only serve static HTML. 

Uh, no. Every major OS comes with a real web server.

Now, if what you mean is "I don't have my own computer", then that's a 
different question.

> (Plus it's quite a lot of work 
> continually logging into the web interface to re-upload your files every 
> time you edit 1 line of code.)

Unless you're using an IDE, yes. ;-)

> I think to try this out properly I'd have to set up a local Apache VM or 
> something. (This requires me figuring out how the hell to set up 
> Apache.) 

Depoending on your OS and distribution, this can be pretty trivial.

But if you're actually going to get into AJAX programming, you're going to 
have to learn more than you can by asking people here to explain it to you. ;-)

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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   so much "what color is your parachute?" as it is
   "what color is your nose?"

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