Pragmatic Ajax: a Web 2.0 primer

Justin Gehtland, Ben Galbraith, Dion Almaer9780976694083, 0-9766940-8-5

It’s not just another book on Ajax. It’s Pragmatic Ajax: a concise, complete look at a new way of envisioning and implementing browser-based applications.Ajax turns static web pages into interactive applications. Now you can deploy rich-client applications to clients without sacrificing the easy deployment of web applications. But to many folks, Ajax seems difficult. That’s why we produced this book. As a Pragmatic guide, it strips away the mystery and shows you the easy way to make Ajax work for you.We cover the basics of DHTML, JavaScript, and the infamous XmlHttpRequest call. You’ll see how to add Ajax to existing programs, and design new applications to exploit the power of Web 2.0. Learn the three layers of Ajax framework, and when (and how) to use each. See how to create rich clients, use visual effects, add client-side validation, and handle forms. Write applications that degrade gracefully if clients don’t support JavaScript. And see how to integrate your Ajaxified clients into Java, .NET, and Ruby on Rails server frameworks.With Pragmatic Ajax, you’ll:Understand the breadth of the Ajax/Web 2.0 landscape, and go-in-depth on how Ajax worksLearn how JavaScript works with your server-side frameworkSee how to easily apply Ajax techniques to an existing application – and when not toKnow what’s coming by looking at new features and frameworks currently in active development.Writing dynamic applications isn’t that hard. Folks are awed by Google Maps, but it isn’t rocket science (apart from the satellite pictures). As a special bonus, see how to implement your own Google Maps-like application using DHTML.

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Table of contents :
Pragmatic Ajax : A Web 2.0 Primer……Page 1
Contents……Page 4
1. Building Rich Internet Applications with Ajax……Page 9
2. Creating Google Maps……Page 17
3. Ajax in Action……Page 56
4. Ajax Explained……Page 68
5. Ajax Frameworks……Page 85
6. Ajax UI, Part I……Page 101
7. Ajax UI, Part II……Page 130
8. Debugging Ajax Applications……Page 155
9. Degradable Ajax……Page 178
10. JSON and JSON-RPC……Page 192
11. Server-side Framework Integration……Page 200
12. Ajax with PHP……Page 203
13. Ajax with Rails……Page 218
14. Proxy-Based Ajax with DWR……Page 238
15. ASP.NET and Atlas……Page 254
16. Ajax in the Future and Beyond……Page 267
Index……Page 287