• Title AJAX: Creating Web Pages with Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
• Author(s) Edmond Woychowsky
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (August 18, 2006), eBook (Pearson Education, Inc., 2007)
• License(s): Open Publication License
• Paperback 432 pages
• eBook PDF, 4.77 MB
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159059858X
• ISBN-13: 978-1590598580
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Book Description

This book demonstrates how to build browser-based applications that function like desktop programs, using sophisticated server-aware approaches that give users information when they need it. You'll explore what can be done with Ajax to enhance sites and give them a Web 2.0 feel, and how additional JavaScript enhancements can turn a web browser and web site into a true application.

Once finishing this book, You'll not only learn how to write "functional" code, but also master design patterns for writing rocksolid, high-performance Ajax applications. You'll also learn how to use frameworks such as Ruby on Rails to get the job done fast. More details, you will

• Learn how Ajax works, how it evolved, and what it's good for
• Understand the flow of processing in Ajax applications
• Build Ajax applications with XML and the XMLHttpRequest object
• Integrate back-end code, from PHP to C#
• Use XSLT and XPath, including XPath Axis
• Develop client-side Ajax libraries to support code reuse
• Streamline development with Ruby on Rails and the Ruby programming language
• Use the cross-browser HTML DOM to update parts of a page
• Discover the best Ajax Web resources, including Ajax-capable JavaScript libraries

• EDMOND WOYCHOWSKY, a senior level consultant in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, specializes in client-side JavaScript, Java, Oracle, open source, and Microsoft technologies. A well-known contributor to TechRepublic, he has developed applications for the financial, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing industries. He began his professional career at Bell Laboratories.

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