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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

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.

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Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (August 18, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0132272679
ISBN-13: 978-0132272674
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.9 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,061,715 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Lord Darcy, World Wide Web Consortium, Document Object Model, Del Rey, Notation Entity, Cascading Style Sheets, Randall Garrett, Axis Example, Element Description Deprecated Attributes, Result Node Set, Attr Element Text Comment, Method Description, The Two Towers, Edmond Woychowsky Purpose, Introducing Ajax, Way Station, Address Line, Bookmarks Tools Help, Method Interface Description, Star Trek, Traveling Farther, The Return of the King, The Fellowship of the Ring, Hypertext Markup Language, The Napoli Express

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4.0 out of 5 stars enhanced JavaScript, September 12, 2006

By	W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

As an aside, the author embeds humourous throwaway remarks in this text, that are often well worth hunting for and reading for your own amusement.

The book goes through the syntax of Ajax. Which essentially is the syntax of JavaScript itself. Ajax does not really invent a new language. Its innovation comes in how it lets you combine existing approaches in a novel manner. This means that you might consider this book as an advanced text on JavaScript, and how to combine it with using HTML and XML. External to this book, there is a feeling on the Web that Ajax is really a clever marketing of JavaScript.

In any event, the methods described in the book should be easy to an experienced programmer. Especially if you have had any background in even minimally using JavaScript and HTML. The most intricate parts of the book relate to using XPath and XSLT. These have been around for several years. But prior to Ajax, their uptake seems to have been minimal. Perhaps due to their complexity. With Ajax, there is now a prospect that XPath and XSLT might actually see greater use. The author has correctly included them in the book, for completeness. However, if you are new to Ajax, I'd suggest avoiding these chapters on a first pass.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not a good fit for anyone, December 10, 2006

By	K. M. Lawson "Muninn" (Cambridge, MA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The book is an unfortunate failure, given the popularity and importance of the topic. It is filled with geeky humor, but far too much so, such that this fluff adds almost a third to the length of the book. There is plenty of code, but much of it is detached and not useful at all to someone trying to learn these concepts from scratch. The book is of little use to either the expert or the complete beginner. The expert will be puzzled by extremely repetitive explanations of the absolute basics of XML and Javascript, while the beginner will be bewildered by the fact that it contains such introductory passages even as they are overwhelmed by pages of PHP, C#, advanced XML, and countless short-cuts in the code which feel like unnecessary showing off when you are trying to teach users how to use AJAX.

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2.0 out of 5 stars too much drivel, November 13, 2006

By	Philip Miller (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

There is some good technical content here but the fluffy writing style is extremely irritating. Consider the following paragraph:

"Regardless of the name they call it by, people either love or hate JavaScript, which is probably why opinions range from it being either the greatest thing since sliced bread or the tool of the devil. Personally, I believe that cheeseburgers are the greatest thing since sliced bread and that the tool of the devil is cellphones. Nothing worse than enjoying a good cheeseburger, with onion rings on the side, and the damn phone starts playing 'The Monster Mash.' But I digress."

If you enjoy reading drivel like this, buy the book--you'll get your fill.

And then there's the occasional piece of dangerous thinking, for example:

"Nevertheless, it works, which is all that really matters when developing an application."

Really?

The source examples are poorly formatted, making the code unnecessarily difficult to read.

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I tried to read this book, but gave up after the first few chapters.
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Published on August 30, 2007 by P. Martel

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
This book was far more informative than I imagined it would be, and I very highly recommend this to anyone who wants to get into Ajax. Read more

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2.0 out of 5 stars Easy Reading, But Lacking
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3.0 out of 5 stars A good vacation read, but short on substance
I read AJAX: Creating Web Pages with Asynchronous JavaScript and XML by Edmond Woychowsky while on vacation. As it turned out, this was a good book to read on vacation. Read more

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3.0 out of 5 stars This is a 5-star book!
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