Understanding AJAX: Using JavaScript to Create Rich Internet Applications
Joshua Eichorn · 2006
AJAX: fast mastery for experienced Web developers!Already an experienced Web developer? Apply your skills in today's fastest-growing area of Web development: AJAX!Building on what you already know, this fast-paced guide will show you exactly how to create rich, usable Internet applications. Joshua Eichorn teaches through sophisticated code examples, including extensive server-side PHP code.You won't just learn how to code AJAX applications: Eichorn covers the entire development lifecycle, from use cases and design through debugging. He also presents detailed application case studies, including a start-to-finish update of a non-AJAX application that addresses everything from feature improvements to changing usage patterns. Coverage includes:i?·i? i? i? i? i? i? How AJAX changes the conventional Web development cyclei?·i? i? i? i? i? i? Problems created by the AJAX paradigm -- and how to avoid themi?·i? i? i? i? i? i? Adding AJAX to existing Web applications: key considerationsi?·i? i? i? i? i? i? Using core AJAX technologies, including the XMLHttpRequest objecti?·i? i? i? i? i? i? Consuming data returned to an AJAX application using both XSLT and JSONi?·i? i? i? i? i? i? Building more usable AJAX applications: guidelines and downloadable resourcesi?·i? i? i? i? i? i? Use cases: solving real-world problems in the AJAX environmenti?·i? i? i? i? i? i? Libraries and toolkits for simplifying AJAX development, including Sarissa, scriptaculous, and HTML_AJAXi?·i? i? i? i? i? i? A complete guide to AJAX debuggingi?·i? i? i? i? i? i? Supporting browsers without XMLHttpRequest by using IFrames or cookiesi?·i? i? i? i? i? i? JSON data encoding debugging guide, which covers tools for Firefox and Internet Exploreri?·i? i? i? i? i? i? A list of libraries, which includes PHP, .NET, Java, and other libraries that can be used with any server language