Ajax: Creating Web Pages With Asynchronous Javascript And Xml - Softcover

Woychowsky, Edmond

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132272679 ISBN 13: 9780132272674

Publisher: Pearson P T R, 2006

Synopsis

It is powerful, it is open source software, and it works. Ajax has become the tool of choice for many developers using asynchronous JavScript and XML, and master developer Woychowsky uses extensive code examples and primers on key technologies and builds from the ground up so everyone from novices and experts will find this useful. He covers the types of web pages, the basics of Ajax, HTML/XHTML, JavaScript, Ajax using HTML and JavaScript, XML, XMLHttpRequest, Ajax using XML and XMLHttpRequest, Ajax using XSLT, reusing code, exploiting Ruby on Rails and making best use of the essential cross-browser HTML DOM. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author

EDMOND WOYCHOWSKY, a senior level consultant in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, specializes in

client-side JavaScript, Java, Oracle, open source, and Microsoft technologies. A well-known contributor

to TechRepublic, he has developed applications for the financial, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing

industries. He began his professional career at Bell Laboratories.

From the Back Cover

The Easy, Example-Based Guide to Ajax for Every Web Developer

 

Using Ajax, you can build Web applications with the sophistication and usability of traditional desktop

applications and you can do it using standards and open source software. Now, for the first time,

there's an easy, example-driven guide to Ajax for every Web and open source developer, regardless of

experience.

 

Edmond Woychowsky begins with simple techniques involving only HTML and basic JavaScript. Then,

one step at a time, he introduces techniques for building increasingly rich applications. Don't worry if

you're not an expert on Ajax's underlying technologies; Woychowsky offers refreshers on them, from

JavaScript to the XMLHttpRequest object. You'll also find multiple open source technologies and open

standards throughout, ranging from Firefox to Ruby and MySQL.

 

You'll not only learn how to write "functional" code, but also master design patterns for writing rocksolid,

high-performance Ajax applications. You'll also learn how to use frameworks such as Ruby on

Rails to get the job done fast.

 

• Learn how Ajax works, how it evolved, and what it's good for
• Understand the flow of processing in Ajax applications
• Build Ajax applications with XML and the XMLHttpRequest object
• Integrate back-end code, from PHP to C#
• Use XSLT and XPath, including XPath Axis
• Develop client-side Ajax libraries to support code reuse
• Streamline development with Ruby on Rails and the Ruby programming language
• Use the cross-browser HTML DOM to update parts of a page
• Discover the best Ajax Web resources, including Ajax-capable JavaScript libraries

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson P T R
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0132272679
• ISBN 13: 9780132272674
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384