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Pragmatic Ajax: A Web 2.0 Primer
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A New Approach to Web Development
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 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.
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.
Table of Contents
1. Building Rich Internet Applications with Ajax. What is Ajax. Why now? Whither
now?
2. Ajax In Action. What it means to Ajaxify a web application.
3. Ajax Explained. Client-side JavaScript. DOM manipulation. Server access.
4. Google Maps Made Easy. Folks are awed by Google Maps, but it isn’t rocket
science (apart from the satellite pictures). See how to implement your own Google
Maps-like application using DHTML.
5. Ajax Frameworks. Why you need a framework. Introduction to Dojo and Prototype.
6. Ajax UI, Part I. Using Ajax and JavaScript to provide a rich client user
interface.
7. Ajax UI, Part II. Standard patterns. Web forms and effects. A look at the
things that you shouldn’t do when deploying Ajax applications.
8. Degradable Ajax. Degrading gracefully with old browsers, and browsers with
JavaScript disabled.
9. Debugging Ajax. Tools, techniques, and tricks.
10. Server-side frameworks. Java, .NET, PHP, and Rails
11. Beyond Ajax. Mozilla XUL, Microsoft HTA, Flash as an Ajax component.
12. Ajax Futures. E4X, Canvas, SVG, JSON.
About the Authors
Justin Gehtland is a partner and co-founder of “Relevance:http://www.relevancellc.com/,
a training and consulting company located in the Research Triangle, North Carolina.
He has been an application developer since 1990, and a web application developer
since 1995. His technology background includes all the usual suspects. He is
currently focused on development using Ruby, .NET and Java.
Ben Galbraith is a frequent technical speaker, occasional consultant,
and author of several technology books. He is a co-founder of Ajaxian.com, was
recently Chief Technical Officer for Amirsys, and is presently a consultant
specializing in enterprise architecture and Swing/Ajax development. Ben wrote
his first computer program when he was six years old, started his first business
at ten, and entered the IT workforce just after turning twelve. For the past
few years, he’s been professionally coding in Java. Ben presides over the
Utah Java User’s Group, is active in the Java Community Process, and tinkers
on various open-source projects. He’s delivered over one hundred technical
presentations in 2005 at venues including JavaOne, TheServerSide.com Java Symposium,
and the No Fluff Just Stuff Java Symposiums.
Dion Almaer is the other founder of Ajaxian.com, the leading source
of the Ajax community. Dion has been writing rich web applications from the
beginning, and is a columnist on Enterprise Java topics at openxource.com, onjava.com,
TheServerSide.com, and of course his blog at almaer.com/blog. He enjoys writing,
and speaking at events such as JavaOne, JavaPolis, TheServerSide Symposium,
and the No Fluff Just Stuff symposium tour. He also participates on the Java
Community Process expert groups, and the open source community as a whole.
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