DHTML question?

[askjames01]

good day brothers.

is DHTML is just a combination of HTML and javascript?

or any good answer for this?
any nice explaination from you?

thanks n advance.

[JPnyc]

Yes, DHTML (Dynamic HTML) is a made up umbrella term for Javascript + HTML/CSS. Manipulating HTML and/or CSS attributes via Javascript.

[bpat1434]

DHTML is also now called in the web 2.0 circles "AJAX" (Asynchronous JavaScript And XML).

That's just FYI in case you see AJAX float around but in searching for DHTML ;)

[Weedpacket]

DHTML, Web 2.0 - both marketing buzzwords with less semantic content than the number of letters in them would suggest.

[JPnyc]

To my mind at least, AJAX and DHTML are not synonymous. AJAX is one way communication with a server and updating a section of the page without refreshing the whole. While this might also be described as "dynamic html", it's not what the term DHTML was originally used to indicate. DHTML was strictly a clientside thing. Animating a page, or validation of a form, or whatever. But no matter how you look at it, it's just semantics and not terribly important.