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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.
About the Author xiii
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xxi
Chapter 1 Types of Web Pages 1
Chapter 2 Introducing Ajax 19
Chapter 3 HTML/XHTML 41
Chapter 4 JavaScript 63
Chapter 5 Ajax Using HTML and JavaScript 89
Chapter 6 XML 135
Chapter 7 XMLHttpRequest 151
Chapter 8 Ajax Using XML and XMLHttpRequest 175
Chapter 9 XPath 225
Chapter 10 XSLT 243
Chapter 11 Ajax Using XSLT 269
Chapter 12 Better Living Through Code Reuse 285
Chapter 13 Traveling with Ruby on Rails 313
Chapter 14 Traveling Farther with Ruby 327
Chapter 15 The Essential Cross-Browser HTML DOM 341
Chapter 16 Other Items of Interest 351
Index 361