Ajax Starter Kit (Paperback)

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Ajax Starter Kit

 

Phil Ballard

 

Everything you need to start learning Ajax today!

 

Ajax Programmer’s Toolkit

• For Windows, Mac, or Linux

Quick Start Guide

• Learn Ajax programming basics

Tutorial Reference Library

• In searchable PDF format

Plug-n-Play Code

• Source code and frameworks

 

Ajax Programmer’s Toolkit with all the technologies you need to set up an Ajax development and testing environment on your Windows, Mac, or Linux computer.

 

Quick Start Guide teaches you the basics of Ajax programming in 21 short, easy-to-read lessons.

 

Tutorial Reference Library with more than 1,000 pages of how-to’s on Ajax, JavaScript, HTML, XML, and PHP in searchable PDF format.

 

Plug-n-play source code and popular Ajax framework libraries to help you reduce tedious typing and shorten

programming tasks.

 

Learn how to…

• Build better, more interactive interfaces for your web applications
• Make JavaScript, HTML, XML, and PHP work together to create Ajax effects
• Compile an Ajax application
• Create and consume Web services with SOAP and REST
• Avoid common errors and troubleshoot programs
• Use popular Ajax libraries to speed up and improve common programming tasks

 

On the CD…

• XAMPP for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux–an easy-to-install package to set up a PHP- and MySQL-enabled Apache server on your computer
• The jEdit programming editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux
• Prototype, Rico, and XOAD JavaScript and Ajax libraries
• Sams Teach Yourself tutorials on Ajax, JavaScript, HTML, XML, and PHP in PDF format
• Source code for all the examples from the tutorials

 

All the contents of the Ajax Starter Kit CD are accessible with any web browser on Windows, Mac, or Linux:

1. Insert CD into your computer’s CD drive.

2. Navigate to the CD folder and double-click on the file named start.html.

 

About the Author

Phil Ballard is a professional web consultant specializing in website and intranet design, search engine optimization, server-side scripting, client-side design and programming, and hosting. He is the author of Sams Teach Yourself Ajax in 10 Minutes and has written a number of online tutorials, including the most popular of late, on Ajax.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Sams (June 18, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672329603
• ISBN-13: 978-0672329609
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,017,170 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ajax , September 26, 2007

By	Christopher J. Snow "Self proclaimed Geek" (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a good product for all that would like a complete beginners series. However, it is truly made for someone who has absolutely no knowledge of programming languages. The book just gives you the minimal basics and what I mean is that only a snippet of each language is provided. You can find other books and tutorials online that would be better to help you learn these languages. Plus, everything in the book/CD are already free online.