AJAX: Creating Web Pages with Asynchronous JavaScript and XML: Creating Web Pages with Asynchronous JavaScript and X

The Easy, Example-Based Guide to Ajax for Every Web Developer Using Ajax, you can build Web applications with the sophistication and usability of traditional desktopapplications and you can do it using standards and open source software. Now, for the first time,there's an easy, example-driven guide to Ajax for every Web and open source developer, regardless ofexperience. Edmond Woychowsky begins with simple techniques involving only HTML and basic JavaScript. Then,one step at a time, he introduces techniques for building increasingly rich applications. Don't worry ifyou're not an expert on Ajax's underlying technologies; Woychowsky offers refreshers on them, fromJavaScript to the XMLHttpRequest object. You'll also find multiple open source technologies and openstandards throughout, ranging from Firefox to Ruby and MySQL. 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 onRails to get the job done fast. Learn how Ajax works, how it evolved, and what it's good forUnderstand the flow of processing in Ajax applicationsBuild Ajax applications with XML and the XMLHttpRequest objectIntegrate back-end code, from PHP to C#Use XSLT and XPath, including XPath AxisDevelop client-side Ajax libraries to support code reuseStreamline development with Ruby on Rails and the Ruby programming languageUse the cross-browser HTML DOM to update parts of a pageDiscover the best Ajax Web resources, including Ajax-capable JavaScript libraries