Professional Ajax, 2Nd Ed

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Combining tried-and-true CSS, XML, and JavaScript technologies, Ajax provides web developers with the ability to create more sophisticated and responsive user interfaces and break free from the "click-and-wait" standard that has dominated the web since its introduction. This book discusses the range of request brokers (including the hidden frame technique, iframes, and XMLHttp) and explains when one should be used over another. It helps one learn different Ajax techniques and patterns for executing client-server communication on one's web site and in web applications. The information in the book helps gainpractical knowledge necessary to implement one’s own Ajax solutions. Some areas covered from the first edition includes: Different methods for achieving Ajax communication and when to use each A variety of Ajax design patterns to use in specific data retrieval circumstances Techniques for using Ajax with RSS and Atom to produce a web-based news aggregator How to use JavaScript Object Notation as an alternate data transmission format for Ajax communications How to create Ajax widgets, such as a weather display and news ticker, that can be included in your web site This new edition also includes: Dynamic Script Loading Using Images Ajax libraries including Yahoo! Connection Manager and Prototype Working with RSS and Web search feeds Persistent HTTP Connections and Client-Side Sockets Ajax Mapping APIs from Google, Yahoo!, and MSN Ajax Debugging Microsoft "Atlas" An expanded Ajax web-based email reader case study Integrated best-practices coverage Table of contents : Table of ContentsIntroduction. Chapter 1: What Is Ajax? Chapter 2: Ajax Basics. Chapter 3: Ajax Patterns. Chapter 4: Ajax Libraries. Chapter 5: Request Management. Chapter 6: XML, XPath, and XSLT. Chapter 7: Syndication with RSS and Atom. Chapter 8: JSON. Chapter 9: Comet. Chapter 10: Maps and Mashups. Chapter 11: Ajax Debugging Tools. Chapter 12: Web Site Widgets. Chapter 13: Ajax Frameworks. Chapter 14: ASP.NET AJAX Extensions (Atlas). Chapter 15: Case Study: FooReader.NET. Chapter 16: Case Study: AjaxMail. Appendix A: Licenses for Libraries and Frameworks. Index. GNU General Public License. Market Description : Professional web developers who have a prior knowledge of CSS, XML, and JavaScript Familiarity with a server-side language of their choice (the most popular ones being PHP and the .NET languages) About Author : Nicholas C. Zakas has worked in Web development for over five years and has helped develop Web solutions in use at some of the largest companies in the world. He is the author of Professional JavaScript for Web Developers as well as several online articles. He has a BS in Computer Science from Merrimack College and an MBA from Endicott College. Jeremy McPeak works in a school district IT department and has been developing Web solutions since 1998 with JavaScript, PHP, and C#. He recently has written several articles online covering XSLT, Webforms, and C#. Joe Fawcett started programming over thirty years ago and has been a full time developer since 1994. He is a Microsoft MVP for XML and is highly sought after in the UK as a recognized expert on XML and associated technologies. Joe is a co-author of Beginning XML Third Edition. All 3 co-authors were also the co-authors of the successful first edition of Professional Ajax.