When creating plugins nowadays it is very common that you want to use AJAX functions to get a better user experience. WordPress has built-in support in admin that can be used on your plugins. However sometimes you need very specific requests to get the result you need. This is a tutorial plugin that shows you a good structure for a starting process of your plugin.
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This is not for public use, only for developers to see in an easy way how it could be done.