Can you explain the difference between jQuery.get() and jQuery.ajax()?

1.	Can you explain the difference between jQuery.get() and jQuery.ajax()?
Answer» jQuery.ajax() allows the creation of highly-customized AJAX requests, with options for how long to wait for a response, what to do once the request is successful, how to handle a failure scenarios, whether the request to be sent is blocking (synchronous) or non-blocking (asynchronous), what format to expect as the response, and many more customizable options. jQuery.get() is uses jQuery.ajax() underneath to create an AJAX request typically meant for simple retrieval of information. There are various other pre-built AJAX requests given by jQuery such as: jQuery.post() for performing post requests jQuery.getScript() meant for loading and then executing a JavaScript file from the server using GET request. jQuery.getJSON() for loading JSON-encoded data from the server using a GET HTTP request.

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