SAMS Teach Yourself Ajax in 10 Minutes By Phil Ballard ............................................... Publisher: Sams Pub Date: April 28, 2006 Print ISBN-10: 0-672-32868-2 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-672-32868-8 Pages: 240

 

Table of Contents  | Index

 

		Copyright
		About the Author
		Acknowledgments
		We Want to Hear from You!
		Reader Services
		Introduction
			About This Book
			What Is Ajax?
			Who This Book Is For
			What Do I Need To Use This Book?
			Conventions Used in This Book
			Online Resources and Errata
		Part I:  A Refresher on Web Technologies
			Lesson 1.  Anatomy of a Website
				A Short History of the Web
				Workings of the World Wide Web
				Summary
			Lesson 2.  Writing Web Pages in HTML
				Introducing HTML
				Elements of an HTML Page
				A More Advanced HTML Page
				Some Useful HTML Tags
				Cascading Style Sheets in Two Minutes
				Summary
			Lesson 3.  Sending Requests Using HTTP
				Introducing HTTP
				The HTTP Request and Response
				HTML Forms
				Summary
			Lesson 4.  Client-Side Coding Using JavaScript
				About JavaScript
				In at the Deep End
				Manipulating Data in JavaScript
				Summary
			Lesson 5.  Server-Side Programming in PHP
				Introducing PHP
				Embedding PHP in HTML Pages
				Variables in PHP
				Controlling Program Flow
				Summary
			Lesson 6.  A Brief Introduction to XML
				Introducing XML
				XML Basics
				JavaScript and XML
				The Document Object Model (DOM)
				Summary
		Part II:  Introducing Ajax
			Lesson 7.  Anatomy of an Ajax Application
				The Need for Ajax
				Introducing Ajax
				The Constituent Parts of Ajax
				Putting It All Together
				Summary
			Lesson 8.  The XMLHTTPRequest Object
				More About JavaScript Objects
				Introducing XMLHTTPRequest
				Creating the XMLHTTPRequest Object
				Summary
			Lesson 9.  Talking with the Server
				Sending the Server Request
				Monitoring Server Status
				The Callback Function
				Summary
			Lesson 10.  Using the Returned Data
				The responseText and responseXML Properties
				Another Useful JavaScript DOM Property
				Parsing responseXML
				Providing User Feedback
				Summary
			Lesson 11.  Our First Ajax Application
				Constructing the Ajax Application
				The HTML Document
				Adding JavaScript
				Putting It All Together
				Summary
		Part III:  More Complex Ajax Technologies
			Lesson 12.  Returning Data as Text
				Getting More from the responseText Property
				Summary
			Lesson 13.  AHAHAsynchronous HTML and HTTP
				Introducing AHAH
				Creating a Small Library for AHAH
				Using myAHAHlib.js
				Summary
			Lesson 14.  Returning Data as XML
				Adding the "x" to Ajax
				The responseXML Property
				ProjectAn RSS Headline Reader
				Summary
			Lesson 15.  Web Services and the REST Protocol
				Introduction to Web Services
				RESTRepresentational State Transfer
				Using REST in Practice
				REST and Ajax
				Summary
			Lesson 16.  Web Services Using SOAP
				Introducing SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)
				The SOAP Protocol
				Using Ajax and SOAP
				Reviewing SOAP and REST
				Summary
			Lesson 17.  A JavaScript Library for Ajax
				An Ajax Library
				Reviewing myAHAHlib.js
				Implementing Our Library
				Using the Library
				Extending the Library
				Summary
			Lesson 18.  Ajax "Gotchas"
				Common Ajax Errors
				The Back Button
				Bookmarking and Links
				Telling the User That Something Is Happening
				Making Ajax Degrade Elegantly
				Dealing with Search Engine Spiders
				Pointing Out Active Page Elements
				Don't Use Ajax Where It's Inappropriate
				Security
				Test Code Across Multiple Platforms
				Ajax Won't Cure a Bad Design
				Some Programming Gotchas
				Summary
		Part IV:  Commercial and Open Source Ajax Resources
			Lesson 19.  The prototype.js Toolkit
				Introducing prototype.js
				Wrapping XMLHTTPRequestthe Ajax Object
				Example ProjectStock Price Reader
				Summary
			Lesson 20.  Using Rico
				Introducing Rico
				Rico's Other Interface Tools
				Summary
			Lesson 21.  Using XOAD
				Introducing XOAD
				XOAD HTML
				Advanced Programming with XOAD
				Summary
		Index