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Ajax: The Definitive Guide View Larger Image | Anthony T. Holdener
O'Reilly Media, Paperback, Published January 2008, 957 pages, ISBN 0596528388 | List Price: $49.99
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Is Ajax a new technology, or the same old stuff web developers have been using
for years? Both, actually. This book demonstrates not only how tried-and-true
web standards make Ajax possible, but how these older technologies allow you to
give sites a decidedly modern Web 2.0 feel.
Ajax: The Definitive Guide explains how to use standards like JavaScript,
XML, CSS, and XHTML, along with the XMLHttpRequest object, to build browser-based
web applications that function like desktop programs. You get a complete background
on what goes into today's web sites and applications, and learn to leverage
these tools along with Ajax for advanced browser searching, web services, mashups,
and more. You discover how to turn a web browser and web site into a true application,
and why developing with Ajax is faster, easier and cheaper. The book also explains:
- How to connect server-side backend components to user interfaces in the
browser
- Loading and manipulating XML documents, and how to replace XML with JSON
- Manipulating the Document Object Model (DOM)
- Designing Ajax interfaces for usability, functionality, visualization, and
accessibility
- Site navigation layout, including issues with Ajax and the browser's back
button
- Adding life to tables & lists, navigation boxes and windows
- Animation creation, interactive forms, and data validation
- Search, web services and mash-ups
- Applying Ajax to business communications, and creating Internet games without
plug-ins
- The advantages of modular coding, ways to optimize Ajax applications, and
more
This book also provides references to XML and XSLT, popular JavaScript Frameworks,
Libraries, and Toolkits, and various Web Service APIs. By offering web developers
a much broader set of tools and options, Ajax gives developers a new way to
create content on the Web, while throwing off the constraints of the past. Ajax:
The Definitive Guide describes the contents of this unique toolbox in exhaustive
detail, and explains how to get the most out of it.
About the Author
Anthony T. Holdener III began programming at the age of eight on his parents'
IBM PCjr and has been hooked on computers ever since. In 1997, he helped to
open and operate an Internet cafe in Fairview Heights, Illinois, where he served
as the systems administrator. Since graduating from St. Louis University with
a degree in Computer Science, Anthony has worked as a web architect and developer
for eight years for a number of companies in the St. Louis area, including Anheuser-Busch,
SAIC, and Gateway EDI. Now the Director of Information Technology for a St.
Louis-based law firm, Anthony continues to build Internet/Intranet applications
utilizing the latest available technologies while striving for accessibility
and cross-browser compatibility.
He resides in the village of Shiloh, Illinois, a suburb of St. Louis, with
his wife and twin toddlers (who are almost 4). When not on his computer, Anthony
enjoys reading, writing, and most importantly spending time with his family.
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