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AJAX: The Complete Reference View Larger Image | Thomas A. Powell
McGraw-Hill, Paperback, Published February 2008, 672 pages, ISBN 007149216X | List Price: $49.99
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The Definitive Guide to Ajax Web Application Development
Evolve from the click-and-wait programming pattern to the latest Web 2.0 paradigm
using this comprehensive guide to Ajax. Written by Web development expert Thomas
Powell, the book lays out every feature of Ajax alongside detailed explanations
and real-world code examples.
Ajax: The Complete Reference explains how to create and test Ajax-enabled Web
applications using the XMLHttpRequest object as well as alternative JavaScript-based
communication mechanisms. You'll explore a variety of sample applications featuring
emerging user-interface conventions and build applications that address real-world
networking and security issues. A robust communication library is developed
throughout the book that enables you to architect flexible Ajax applications.
The latest technologies such as Web services, Flash-Ajax integration, client-side
templates, Comet, and Offline Access are also covered. Discover the future of
Web development today!
• Work with traditional JavaScript communication approaches like iframes
• Explore all the quirks and details in the XMLHttpRequest object
• Handle disparate data formats, including XML, JSON, CSV, YAML, and more
• Deal with networking issues, including timeouts, retries, response ordering,
and a variety of server and content errors
• Simplify JavaScript programming using open-source Ajax libraries like
YUI
• Secure Ajax applications using authentication, obfuscation, and encryption
• Implement common Ajax UI patterns such as auto suggest, click-to-edit,
and drag-and-drop
• Solve troubling Ajax architecture problems, including back button, history,
and bookmarking issues
• Learn Ajax's role in Web 2.0 and Web services
• Explore push style communication using Comet and Flash
• Discover the future of offline Web application access and operation
Table of Contents
Part I: Core Ideas
Chapter 1. Introduction to Ajax
Chapter 2. Pre-Ajax JavaScript Communications Techniques
Chapter 3. XMLHttpRequest Object
Chapter 4. Data Formats
Part II: Applied Ajax
Chapter 5. Developing an Ajax Library
Chapter 6. Networking Considerations
Chapter 7. Security Concerns
Chapter 8. User Interface Design for Ajax
Chapter 9. Site and Application Architecture with Ajax
Part III: Advanced Topics
Chapter 10. Web Services and Beyond
Part IV: Appendixes
Appendix A. JavaScript Quick Reference
Appendix B. HTTP 1.1 Reference
Appendix C. AjaxTCR Library Reference
Index
About the Author
Thomas A. Powell brings a blend of real-world experience with academic rigor
to the job of exposing the realities of Ajax. As the CEO of PINT (www.pint.com),
a nationally recognized Web development shop, he has been involved in the design
and architecture of websites for leading organizations around the world for
nearly 15 years. Mr. Powell is also an instructor at the University of California,
San Diego and the author of numerous books, including HTML & XHTML: The
Complete Reference, JavaScript: The Complete Reference, and Web Design: The
Complete Reference.
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