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Beginning Ajax
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Indianapolis, IN : Wiley Pub., 2007
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9780470106754
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Using proven examples and explaining concepts step by step, this book shows you how building Ajax-enabled sites and applications allows more interactive user interfaces than ever before. You'll learn about the differences in capabilities between client-side and server-side development techniques, as well as how Ajax crosses this boundary. You'll also discover how Ajax techniques can be summed up by patterns (which are development models that you'll use repeatedly). With a mastery of these techniques, you'll be able to breathe new life into your Web sites.


Author Notes

Chris Ullman is a freelance Web developer and technical author who has spent many years working with ASP/ASP.NET. Coming from a computer science background, he started initially as a UNIX/Linux guru, who gravitated toward Microsoft technologies during the summer of ASP (1997). He cut his teeth on Wrox Press ASP guides, and since then he has written and contributed to more than 25 books, mostnotably as lead author for Wrox's bestselling Beginning ASP/ASP.NET 1.x series. He has contributed chapters to books on PHP, ColdFusion, JavaScript, Web Services, C#, XML, and other Internet-related technologies. After he left Wrox as a full-time employee in August 2001, he branched out into VB.NET/C# programming and ASP.NET development, and he started his own business, CUASP Consulting Ltd, in April 2003. He maintains a variety of Web sites from http://www.cuasp.co.co.uk (his "work" site) to http://www.atomicwise.com (a selection of his writings on music and art). He now divides his time between his family and composing electronic sounds for his music project, Open E.

Lucinda Dykes is a freelance Web developer, teacher, and technical author who has been writing code and developing Web sites since 1994. She started her career in a high-tech area of medicine but left medicine to pursue her interests in technology and the Web. She has been involved in client-side development with JavaScript for many years through her company, Zero G Web, and teaches JavaScript courses online for an international group of students at eclasses.org. She has also authored numerous technical books about XML, XHTML, and Web application development with Dreamweaver.


Table of Contents

Introduction
chapter 1 Introducing Ajax
chapter 2 JavaScript Refresher
chapter 3 Ajax and Server-Side Technologies
chapter 4 Ajax Techniques
chapter 5 Working with XML
chapter 6 Debugging and Error Handling
chapter 7 Web Services, APIs, and Mashups
chapter 8 XSLT and XPath
chapter 9 Patterns
chapter 10 Working with External Data
chapter 11 JSON
chapter 12 In-Depth Example: Sortable List
Appendix A Exercise Solutions
Appendix B Ajax Resources: Frameworks and Libraries
Appendix C JavaScript Resources
Appendix D JavaScript Language
Reference
Index