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Understanding AJAX: Using JavaScript to Create Rich Internet Applications
By Joshua Eichorn
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Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub Date: August 11, 2006
Print ISBN-10: 0-13-221635-3
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-13-221635-7
Pages: 352

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		Prentice Hall Open Source Software Development Series
		Acknowledgments
		About the Author
		Preface
		Part I:
			Chapter 1.  What Is AJAX?
				Section 1.1.  Rich Internet Applications
				Section 1.2.  AJAX Defined
				Section 1.3.  Technologies of AJAX
				Section 1.4.  Remote Scripting
				Section 1.5.  Gmail Brings XMLHttpRequest into the Mainstream
				Section 1.6.  New Name: AJAX
				Section 1.7.  Summary
			Chapter 2.  Getting Started
				Section 2.1.  XMLHttpRequest Overview
				Section 2.2.  Cross-Browser XMLHttpRequest
				Section 2.3.  Sending Asynchronous Requests
				Section 2.4.  AJAX Without XMLHttpRequest
				Section 2.5.  Fallback Option 1: Sending a Request Using an IFrame
				Section 2.6.  Fallback Option 2: Sending a Request Using a Cookie
				Section 2.7.  Summary
			Chapter 3.  Consuming the Sent Data
				Section 3.1.  Document-Centric Approaches
				Section 3.2.  Remote Scripting
				Section 3.3.  How to Decide on a Request Type
				Section 3.4.  Summary
			Chapter 4.  Adding AJAX to Your Web Development Process
				Section 4.1.  Changes to the Development Cycle
				Section 4.2.  Integrating AJAX into a Framework
				Section 4.3.  JavaScript as a Primary Development Language
				Section 4.4.  Problems Created by the New Development Paradigm
				Section 4.5.  Advantages to Using a Library
				Section 4.6.  Reasons to Build Your Own Library
				Section 4.7.  How Open Source Fits into the Mix
				Section 4.8.  Use Case for Building: The Firefox Counter
				Section 4.9.  Use Case for Downloading: An Intranet Web Site
				Section 4.10.  Summary
			Chapter 5.  Getting the Most from AJAX
				Section 5.1.  Goals of AJAX
				Section 5.2.  Measuring Improvements
				Section 5.3.  Promises and Problems of Combining AJAX with Other New Technologies
				Section 5.4.  Summary
			Chapter 6.  Usability Guidelines
				Section 6.1.  Defining Usability
				Section 6.2.  Usability Guidelines
				Section 6.3.  Common Usability Problems
				Section 6.4.  Summary
			Chapter 7.  AJAX Debugging Guide
				Section 7.1.  Two Sides to Debugging
				Section 7.2.  Looking at AJAX Communications
				Section 7.3.  JavaScript Debugging Tools
				Section 7.4.  JavaScript Exceptions
				Section 7.5.  Dumping Variables
				Section 7.6.  Summary
		Part II:
			Chapter 8.  Libraries Used in Part II: Sarissa, Scriptaculous
				Section 8.1.  Overview of the Use Cases
				Section 8.2.  Libraries Used in Part II of This Book
				Section 8.3.  Sarissa
				Section 8.4.  Scriptaculous
				Section 8.5.  Summary
			Chapter 9.  Libraries Used in Part II: HTML_AJAX
				Section 9.1.  HTML_AJAX
				Section 9.2.  Summary
			Chapter 10.  Speeding Up Data Display
				Section 10.1.  Overview of the Sun Rise and Set Data Viewer
				Section 10.2.  Building the Non-AJAX Version of the Sun Rise and Set Viewer
				Section 10.3.  Problems with the Non-AJAX Viewer
				Section 10.4.  Improving Viewing with AJAX
				Section 10.5.  Summary
			Chapter 11.  Adding an AJAX Login to a Blog
				Section 11.1.  Why Logins Work Well with AJAX
				Section 11.2.  Building an AJAX Login
				Section 11.3.  Extending the Login Form
				Section 11.4.  Implementing the AJAX Comment Login System Using XML
				Section 11.5.  Summary
			Chapter 12.  Building a Trouble-Ticket System
				Section 12.1.  Trouble-Ticketing System
				Section 12.2.  AJAX Reliance Scale
				Section 12.3.  Creating the Back End
				Section 12.4.  Exporting the Back End
				Section 12.5.  Building the JavaScript Application
				Section 12.6.  Login Component
				Section 12.7.  User-Registration Component
				Section 12.8.  Account-Editing Component
				Section 12.9.  Ticket-Creation Component
				Section 12.10.  Ticket-Editor Component
				Section 12.11.  My-Tickets Component
				Section 12.12.  Assign-Tickets Component
				Section 12.13.  Security Considerations with AJAX Applications
				Section 12.14.  Comparing Our AJAX-Driven Application against a Standard MVC Model
				Section 12.15.  Summary
		Appendix A.  JavaScript AJAX Libraries
			AJAX Toolbox
			Bajax
			Dojo Toolkit
			libXmlRequest
			MochiKit
			Rico
			Simple AJAX Code-Kit (SACK)
			ThyAPI
			Qooxdoo
			XHConn
			Yahoo! User Interface Library
		Appendix B.  AJAX Libraries with Server Ties
			PHP
			Java
			C#/.NET
			Multiple Languages
		Appendix C.  JavaScript DHTML Libraries
			Accesskey Underlining Library (AUL)
			Behaviour
			cssQuery()
			Dean Edwards IE7
			DOM-Drag
			JavaScript Shell
			Lightbox JS
			Moo.fx
			Nifty Corners Cube
			overLIB
			Sorttable
			Tooltip.js
			WZ_jsgraphics
			WZ_dragdrop
		Index