Overview
Main description
Essential Skills--Made Easy!
Learn how to use Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) to create Web applications that mirror the richness of desktop applications. Using easy-to-follow examples, Ajax: A Beginner's Guide gets you started working with this cutting-edge collection of technologies in no time. Create XMLHttpRequest objects and use JavaScript, XML, DHTML, CSS, PHP, and more to build next-generation Web applications. You'll also find out about a variety of free, pre-written Ajax frameworks you can use right away.
Designed for Easy Learning:
- Key Skills & Concepts--Lists of specific skills covered in the chapter
- Ask the Expert--Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips
- Try This--Hands-on exercises that show how to apply your skills
- Annotated Syntax--Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated
Table of contents
Chapter 1. Essential Ajax
Chapter 2. Getting to Know JavaScript
Chapter 3. Creating Ajax Applications
Chapter 4. Full Throttle Ajax
Chapter 5. Using Ajax Frameworks
Chapter 6. Handling XML in Ajax
Chapter 7. Working with Cascading Style Sheets with Ajax
Chapter 8. Handling Dynamic HTML with Ajax
Chapter 9. Introducing PHP with Ajax
Chapter 10. PHP in Depth
Chapter 11. Validating User Input with Ajax and PHP
Chapter 12. Using the HTML DOM and Ajax
Index
Author comments
Steven Holzner is the award-winning author of more than 100 computer books, including PHP: The Complete Reference. He's been a contributing editor for PC Magazine, teaches programming classes at Fortune 500 companies, and has been on the faculty at Cornell University and MIT.
