Synopses & Reviews
Build interactive Web applications with Ajax
Create live searches and online spreadsheets
Discover programming mistakes to avoid!
Create blazing-fast Web applications with powerful Ajax
If you think that mastering Ajax is too difficult, guess again. You can create Web applications that look and feel like desktop apps in less time than you think with the comprehensive Ajax instruction in this in-depth book. You'll find easy-to-follow tutorials, hundreds of tips and tricks, and so much practical information that even skilled developers will reach for this book first. Let this Bible be your guide as you jump into the hottest Web programming technology in years.
- Master the fundamentals—JavaScript®, XML, dynamic HTML, and CSS
Tie Ajax into Google with the Google® API
Handle simultaneous XMLHttpRequest objects in Ajax
Use Ajax frameworks such as Ruby on Rails, AjaxTags, and others
Understand the Document Object Model (DOM)
Create floating menus and effects with CSS
Encrypt data over plain HTTP using JavaScript
Adapt real-world examples to your own programs
Companion Web site
Find all the code used throughout the book at www.wiley.com/go/ajaxbible
Synopsis
The Ajax Bible will be the most complete, comprehensive book on Ajax— the hot, new technology used by Google, Flickr and Amazon. It’ s designed to be the first book that developers will reach for. Using this book, readers will soon be creating Web applications as rich and responsive as their desktop software. Many think that learning Ajax can be difficult, but expert author Steven Holzner, Ph.D, uses hundreds of tutorials, tips, tricks, and hacks to prove that it isn’ t rocket science. This book is packed with real-world ideas readily adaptable for readers’ own use. Subjects covered include Working with JavaScript; Tying Ajax into Google, Debugging Ajax; Using the DOM; Using Frameworks to create Ajax applications; Handling Cascading Style Sheets with Ajax; Ajax patterns; Ajax security; and much more. A companion Web site will provide all the code used throughout the book.
Synopsis
* The companion Web site includes all code from the book
Synopsis
Build interactive Web applications with Ajax
Create live searches and online spreadsheets
Discover programming mistakes to avoid
Create blazing-fast Web applications with powerful Ajax
If you think that mastering Ajax is too difficult, guess again. You can create Web applications that look and feel like desktop apps in less time than you think with the comprehensive Ajax instruction in this in-depth book. You'll find easy-to-follow tutorials, hundreds of tips and tricks, and so much practical information that even skilled developers will reach for this book first. Let this Bible be your guide as you jump into the hottest Web programming technology in years.
* Master the fundamentals--JavaScript(r), XML, dynamic HTML, and CSS
*
Tie Ajax into Google with the Google(r) API
*
Handle simultaneous XMLHttpRequest objects in Ajax
*
Use Ajax frameworks such as Ruby on Rails, AjaxTags, and others
*
Understand the Document Object Model (DOM)
*
Create floating menus and effects with CSS
*
Encrypt data over plain HTTP using JavaScript
*
Adapt real-world examples to your own programs
Companion Web site
Find all the code used throughout the book at www.wiley.com/go/ajaxbible
Synopsis
Build interactive Web applications with Ajax
Create live searches and online spreadsheets
Discover programming mistakes to avoid!
Create blazing-fast Web applications with powerful Ajax
If you think that mastering Ajax is too difficult, guess again. You can create Web applications that look and feel like desktop apps in less time than you think with the comprehensive Ajax instruction in this in-depth book. You'll find easy-to-follow tutorials, hundreds of tips and tricks, and so much practical information that even skilled developers will reach for this book first. Let this Bible be your guide as you jump into the hottest Web programming technology in years.
* Master the fundamentals--JavaScript(r), XML, dynamic HTML, and CSS
*
Tie Ajax into Google with the Google(r) API
*
Handle simultaneous XMLHttpRequest objects in Ajax
*
Use Ajax frameworks such as Ruby on Rails, AjaxTags, and others
*
Understand the Document Object Model (DOM)
*
Create floating menus and effects with CSS
*
Encrypt data over plain HTTP using JavaScript
*
Adapt real-world examples to your own programs
Companion Web site
Find all the code used throughout the book at www.wiley.com/go/ajaxbible
About the Author
Steven Holzner, PhD,is the author of nearly 100 technology books including Ajax For Dummies and the Ajax Visual Blueprint. He specializes in writing about online applications, and has authored popular books on the components of Ajax including JavaScript, XML, browser objects, and Web services. He teaches classes to programmers around the country on the central skill in Ajax—using XML online and in-depth. He has been a contributing editor to PC Magazine, and was on the faculty at Cornell University and MIT.
Table of Contents
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Part I: Fundamental Ajax.
Chapter 1: Essential Ajax.
Chapter 2: Know Your JavaScript.
Chapter 3: Creating Ajax Applications.
Chapter 4: Serious Ajax Programming.
Part II: Ajax in Depth.
Chapter 5: Introducing Ajax Frameworks.
Chapter 6: More Advanced Ajax Frameworks.
Chapter 7: Using Server-Side Ajax Frameworks.
Part III: Ajax and the DOM, XML, CSS, and Dynamic HTML.
Chapter 8: The DOM and Event Handling.
Chapter 9: XML and Ajax.
Chapter 10: Cascading Style Sheets and Ajax.
Chapter 11: Dynamic HTML and Ajax.
Part IV: Advanced Ajax.
Chapter 12: Introducing Ajax and PHP.
Chapter 13: PHP: Functions and HTML Controls.
Chapter 14: Handling User Input in PHP.
Chapter 15: Ajax and Security.
Chapter 16: Filters, MVC, and Ajax.
Index.