Professional Ajax / Nicholas C. Zakas, Jeremy McPeak, Joe Fawcett.

By:

Zakas, Nicholas C

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: Wrox professional guidesPublication details: Indianapolis, IN : Wiley, c2007.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xx, 598 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:

9780470109496 (paper/website)
0470109491 (paper/website)

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LOC classification:

TK5105.8885.A52 Z35 2007

Contents:

What is Ajax? -- Ajax basics -- Ajax patterns -- Ajax libraries -- Request management -- XML, XPath, and XSLT -- Syndication with RSS and Atom -- JSON -- Comet -- Maps and mashups -- Ajax debugging tools -- Web site widgets -- Ajax frameworks -- ASP.NET Ajax extensions (Atlas) -- Case study: FooReader.NET -- Case study: AjaxMail -- Appendix A: Licenses for libraries and frameworks.

Summary: Professional Ajax 2nd Edition provides a developer-level tutorial of Ajax techniques, patterns, and use cases. The book begins by exploring the roots of Ajax, covering how the evolution of the web and new technologies directly led to the development of Ajax techniques. A detailed discussion of how frames, JavaScript, cookies, XML, and XMLHttp requests (XHR) related to Ajax is included. After this introduction, the book moves on to cover the implementation of specific Ajax techniques. Request brokers such as hidden frames, dynamic iframes, and XHR are compared and contrasted, explaining when one method should be used over another. To make this discussion clearer, a brief overview of HTTP requests and responses is included. Once a basic understanding of the various request types is discussed, the book moves on to provide in-depth examples of how and when to use Ajax in a web site or web application. Different data transmission formats, including plain text, HTML, XML, and JSON are discussed for their advantages and disadvantages. Also included is a discussion on web services and how they may be used to perform Ajax techniques. Next, more complex topics are covered. A chapter introducing a request management framework explores how to manage all of the requests inside of an Ajax application. Ajax debugging techniques are also discussed. The last part of the book walks through the creation of two full-fledged Ajax web applications. The first, FooReader.NET, is an Ajax-powered RSS reader. The second, called AjaxMail, is an Ajax-enabled email system. Both of these applications incorporate many of the techniques discussed throughout the book. -- Description from http://www.amazon.co.uk (July 13, 2012).

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"Programmer to programmer"--Cover.

Includes index.

Professional Ajax 2nd Edition provides a developer-level tutorial of Ajax techniques, patterns, and use cases. The book begins by exploring the roots of Ajax, covering how the evolution of the web and new technologies directly led to the development of Ajax techniques. A detailed discussion of how frames, JavaScript, cookies, XML, and XMLHttp requests (XHR) related to Ajax is included. After this introduction, the book moves on to cover the implementation of specific Ajax techniques. Request brokers such as hidden frames, dynamic iframes, and XHR are compared and contrasted, explaining when one method should be used over another. To make this discussion clearer, a brief overview of HTTP requests and responses is included. Once a basic understanding of the various request types is discussed, the book moves on to provide in-depth examples of how and when to use Ajax in a web site or web application. Different data transmission formats, including plain text, HTML, XML, and JSON are discussed for their advantages and disadvantages. Also included is a discussion on web services and how they may be used to perform Ajax techniques. Next, more complex topics are covered. A chapter introducing a request management framework explores how to manage all of the requests inside of an Ajax application. Ajax debugging techniques are also discussed. The last part of the book walks through the creation of two full-fledged Ajax web applications. The first, FooReader.NET, is an Ajax-powered RSS reader. The second, called AjaxMail, is an Ajax-enabled email system. Both of these applications incorporate many of the techniques discussed throughout the book. -- Description from http://www.amazon.co.uk (July 13, 2012).

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