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Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript and Ajax Video Learning brings the successful Teach Yourself book series from Sams Publishing to life on video — with the same clear and concise style, practical hands-on examples, and self-paced learning approach that have made the bestselling books so popular with beginners looking for the easiest way to quickly get up to speed on a new technology.
This complete video course provides four hours of clear, well-organized, and carefully crafted video training. Each 10-minute video lesson uses the same step-by-step learning structure that has proven so effective in all Sams Teach Yourself books. After a short overview of the topic from the series instructor, each lesson presents a short, richly illustrated tutorial lesson, followed by a hands-on learning lab, and concluding with an interactive quiz lets the learner test how well he or she has grasped the material before moving on.
With Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript and Ajax Video Learning , you'll quickly and easily learn all the basics of enhancing web sites and applications with JavaScript and Ajax:
- Use JavaScript to build dynamic, interactive web pages
- Build better, more interactive interfaces for your web applications
- Verify web-based forms
- Control CSS with simple JavaScript
- Add Ajax effects to your web pages
- Use popular Ajax libraries to speed up and improve common programming tasks
The DVD includes everything you'll need to get started:
- Four hours of video lessons with interactive labs and quizzes
- XAMPP for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux–an easy-to-install package to set up a web server learning environment on your own computer
- The jEdit programming editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux
- Prototype, Scriptaculous, Rico, and XOAD–popular JavaScript libraries for creating Ajax applications and effects
- Source code files for all the learning labs
Synopsis
Sams Teach Yourself Video Learning brings the successful book series from Sams Publishing to life on video — with the same clear and concise style, practical hands-on examples, and self-paced learning approach that have made the bestselling books so popular with beginners looking for the easiest way to quickly get up to speed on a new technology.
This Video Learning Starter Kit provides four hours of carefully crafted video training lessons, as well as all the software and source files that the beginner needs in order to be able to follow along with the lessons and create the examples on his or her own computer.
Each 10-minute video lesson uses the same step-by-step learning structure that has proven so effective in all Sams Teach Yourself books. After a short overview of the topic from the series instructor, each lesson presents a short, richly illustrated tutorial lesson, followed by a hands-on learning lab, and concluding with an interactive quiz lets the learner test how well he or she has grasped the material before moving on.
Synopsis
Providing four hours of carefully crafted video training lessons, this kit comes with all the software and source files for JavaScript and Ajax that beginners need. After a short overview of the topic from the series instructor, each 10-minute lesson presents a short, richly illustrated tutorial lesson, followed by a hands-on learning lab.
Synopsis
Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript and Ajax: Video Learning Starter Kit Bundle
Video + Book
$80 Value (USD)
On the DVD…
. Four hours of interactive video lessons that show you exactly what to do
. Web page editing software to help you get started
In the Book…
. 24 one-hour lessons to read for deeper understanding
. Clear step-by-step instructions to get you productive quickly
All the contents of this DVD are accessible on any DVD-equipped Windows or Mac OS X computer:
. Insert DVD into your computer’s DVD drive.
. Navigate to the DVD folder and double-click on the Start icon or file.
Synopsis
This book/DVD bundle represents a $30 savings versus the cost of buying them separately. It consists of the book Sams Teach Yourself Ajax, JavaScript, and PHP All in One and the video course Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript and Ajax: Video Learning Starter Kit. The Video Learning Starter Kit provides four hours of video training and lessons, along with all the source files and software the beginner needs to create and run the examples. Each 10-minute video lesson uses the same step-by-step learning structure that has proven so effective in all Sams Teach Yourself books - as well as the same clear and concise style, practical hands-on examples, and self-paced learning approach. The book combines the hottest web development technologies into one clearly written, step-by-step tutorial, packaged with an easy-to-use CD packed with all the software tools, libraries and source files a reader needs to develop their own applications. By the end of this book/video the user will understand how these technologies work, and more importantly, how they work together to create dynamic web applications. After working through the book's and video's lessons the reader will be able to confidently create basic, but professional-looking Ajax applications to enhance and improve any web site
About the Author
Phil Ballard is a professional web consultant specializing in website and intranet design, search engine optimization, server-side scripting, client-side design and programming and hosting. Phil has written a number of books and online tutorials, including Sams Teach Yourself Ajax in 10 Minutes. Phil is based in England. Michael Moncur is the owner of Starling Technologies, a company specializing in networking and the Internet. He is also a freelance webmaster and author, and has written Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript in 24 Hours
Table of Contents
Part I: Web Basics Refresher
LESSON 1: Workings of the Web
LESSON 2: Writing Pages in HTML and CSS
LESSON 3: Anatomy of an Ajax Application
Part II: Web Scripting with JavaScript
LESSON 4: Creating Simple Scripts in JavaScript
LESSON 5: Working with the DOM
LESSON 6: Variables, Strings, and Arrays
LESSON 7: Using Functions and Objects
LESSON 8: Conditions and Loops–Controlling Flow
LESSON 9: Using Built-In Functions and Third-Party Libraries
Part III: Introducing Ajax
LESSON 10: The XMLHTTPRequest Object
LESSON 11: Talking with the Server
LESSON 12: Using the Returned Data
LESSON 13: Our First Ajax Application
Part IV: Server-Side Scripting with PHP
LESSON 14: Getting to Know PHP
LESSON 15: Variables
LESSON 16: Flow Control
LESSON 17: Functions
LESSON 18: Using Classes
Part V: Advanced Ajax Programming
LESSON 19: Returning Data as Text
LESSON 20: Asynchronous HTML and HTTP (AHAH)
LESSON 21: Returning Data as XML
LESSON 22: Implementing Web Services with REST and SOAP
LESSON 23: Building an Ajax Library
LESSON 24: Avoiding Ajax Gotchas