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Book Description

Val's Blog "A tremendously useful field guide specifically written for developers down in the trenches...waiting for the killer solution..." Web users are getting tired of the traditional web experience. They get frustrated losing their scroll position; they get annoyed waiting for refresh; they struggle to reorient themselves on every new page. And the list goes on. With asynchronous JavaScript and XML, known as "Ajax," you can give them a better experience. Once users have experienced an Ajax interface, they hate to go back. Ajax is new way of thinking that can result in a flowing and intuitive interaction with the user. Ajax in Action helps you implement that thinking--it explains how to distribute the application between the client and the server (hint: use a "nested MVC" design) while retaining the integrity of the system. You will learn how to ensure your app is flexible and maintainable, and how good, structured design can help avoid problems like browser incompatibilities. Along the way it helps you unlearn many old coding habits. Above all, it opens your mind to the many advantages gained by placing much of the processing in the browser. If you are a web developer who has prior experience with web technologies, this book is for you.

Table of Contents

  1. Copyright
  2. Dedication
  3. Brief Table of Contents
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. About this Book
  8. Part 1. Rethinking the web application
  9. Chapter 1. A new design for the Web
  10. Chapter 2. First steps with Ajax
  11. Chapter 3. Introducing order to Ajax
  12. Part 2. Core techniques
  13. Chapter 4. The page as an application
  14. Chapter 5. The role of the server
  15. Part 3. Professional Ajax
  16. Chapter 6. The user experience
  17. Chapter 7. Security and Ajax
  18. Chapter 8. Performance
  19. Part 4. Ajax by example
  20. Chapter 9. Dynamic double combo
  21. Chapter 10. Type-ahead suggest
  22. Chapter 11. The enhanced Ajax web portal
  23. Chapter 12. Live search using XSLT
  24. Chapter 13. Building stand-alone applications with Ajax
  25. Appendix A. The Ajax craftsperson’s toolkit
  26. Appendix B. JavaScript for object-oriented programmers
  27. Appendix C. Ajax frameworks and libraries
  28. Index
  29. List of Figures
  30. List of Tables
  31. List of Listings
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