Ajax is the term used to describe the combination of three hot technology topics-CSS, XML, and JavaScript-providing faster, more sophisticated Web user interfaces. Explores the technologies behind Ajax, its various usage models and communication methods, and why the Ajax model is better than the traditional Web model. Discusses Ajax and its practical implementation in a professional Web site/application environment. Examines a variety of server-side languages (such as PHP and .NET) so that readers can get an overview of development issues prior to implementing their own Ajax solutions. Also…mehr
Ajax is the term used to describe the combination of three hot technology topics-CSS, XML, and JavaScript-providing faster, more sophisticated Web user interfaces. Explores the technologies behind Ajax, its various usage models and communication methods, and why the Ajax model is better than the traditional Web model. Discusses Ajax and its practical implementation in a professional Web site/application environment. Examines a variety of server-side languages (such as PHP and .NET) so that readers can get an overview of development issues prior to implementing their own Ajax solutions. Also covers building a Web-based Ajax RSS reader and calling Web services from JavaScript.
Nicholas C. Zakas is a Web Software Engineer who specializes in user interface design and implementation for Web applications using JavaScript, Dynamic HTML, CSS, XML, and XSLT. He is currently principal front end engineer for the Yahoo! homepage and is a contributor to the Yahoo! User Interface (YUI) library, having written the Cookie Utility, Profiler, and YUI Test.
Nicholas is the author of Professional JavaScript for Web Developers and a co-author on Professional Ajax, and has contributed to other books. He has also written several online articles for WebReference, Sitepoint, and the YUI Blog.
Nicholas regularly gives talks about Web development, JavaScript, and best practices. He has given talks at companies such as Yahoo!, LinkedIn, Google, and NASA, and conferences such as the Ajax Experience, the Rich Web Experience, and Velocity.
Through his writing and speaking, Nicholas seeks to teach others the valuable lessons he s learned while working on some of the most popularand demanding Web applications in the world.
For more information on Nicholas: http://www.nczonline.net/about
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1: What Is Ajax? Chapter 2: Ajax Basics. Chapter 3: Ajax Patterns Chapter 4: XML, XPath, and XSLT. Chapter 5: Syndication with RSS/Atom. Chapter 6: Web Services Chapter 7: JSON. Chapter 8: Web Site Widgets. Chapter 9: AjaxMail. Chapter 10: Ajax Frameworks.
