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TITLE : Ajax: The Complete Reference (Complete Reference Series) (Paperback)
AUTHOR : by Thomas Powell (Author)
PUBLISHER : McGraw-Hill publisher
ISBN : 007149216X
EDITION : 1st
PUB DATE : February 21, 2008
LANGUAGE : English

The Definitive Guide to Ajax Web Application Development

Evolve from the click-and-wait programming pattern to the latest Web 2.0
paradigm using this comprehensive guide to Ajax. Written by Web
development expert Thomas Powell, the book lays out every feature of
Ajax alongside detailed explanations and real-world code examples.

Ajax: The Complete Reference explains how to create and test
Ajax-enabled Web applications using the XMLHttpRequest object as well as
alternative JavaScript-based communication mechanisms. You’ll explore a
variety of sample applications featuring emerging user-interface
conventions and build applications that address real-world networking
and security issues. A robust communication library is developed
throughout the book that enables you to architect flexible Ajax
applications. The latest technologies such as Web services, Flash-Ajax
integration, client-side templates, Comet, and Offline Access are also
covered. Discover the future of Web development today!

- Work with traditional JavaScript communication approaches like
iframes
- Explore all the quirks and details in the XMLHttpRequest object
- Handle disparate data formats, including XML, JSON, CSV, YAML, and
more
- Deal with networking issues, including timeouts, retries, response
ordering, and a variety of server and content errors
- Simplify JavaScript programming using open-source Ajax libraries
like YUI
- Secure Ajax applications using authentication, obfuscation, and
encryption
- Implement common Ajax UI patterns such as auto suggest,
click-to-edit, and drag-and-drop
- Solve troubling Ajax architecture problems, including back button,
history, and bookmarking issues
- Learn Ajax’s role in Web 2.0 and Web services
- Explore push style communication using Comet and Flash
- Discover the future of offline Web application access and operation

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