| | | Copyright |
| | | Preface |
| | | Chapter 1. Introduction |
| | | | Section 1.1. Who This Book Is For |
| | | | Section 1.2. What Ajax Is |
| | | | Section 1.3. What Rails Is |
| | | | Section 1.4. 'You Got Your Ajax in My Rails!' |
| | | | Section 1.5. Getting Up to Speed |
| | | | Section 1.6. Summary |
| | | Chapter 2. Getting Our Feet Wet |
| | | | Section 2.1. The Old-Fashioned Way |
| | | | Section 2.2. JavaScript Libraries and Prototype |
| | | | Section 2.3. Bringing Rails into the Picture |
| | | | Section 2.4. Summary |
| | | Chapter 3. Introducing Prototype |
| | | | Section 3.1. Setting the Stage |
| | | | Section 3.2. Ajax Links |
| | | | Section 3.3. Forms |
| | | | Section 3.4. Ajax Forms |
| | | | Section 3.5. Buttons |
| | | | Section 3.6. Form Observers |
| | | | Section 3.7. Summary |
| | | Chapter 4. Introducing script.aculo.us |
| | | | Section 4.1. Visual Effects |
| | | | Section 4.2. Drag and Drop |
| | | | Section 4.3. Summary |
| | | Chapter 5. RJS |
| | | | Section 5.1. Instructions Instead of Data |
| | | | Section 5.2. Putting the R in RJS |
| | | | Section 5.3. A Real-World Example |
| | | | Section 5.4. Summary |
| | | Chapter 6. Ajax Usability |
| | | | Section 6.1. Principles of Usability |
| | | | Section 6.2. The Context of the Web |
| | | | Section 6.3. Usability on the Web |
| | | | Section 6.4. Cross-Platform Development |
| | | | Section 6.5. Summary |
| | | Chapter 7. Testing and Debugging |
| | | | Section 7.1. Debugging |
| | | | Section 7.2. Testing |
| | | | Section 7.3. Summary |
| | | Chapter 8. Security |
| | | | Section 8.1. Healthy Skepticism: Don't Trust User Input |
| | | | Section 8.2. Hashing Passwords |
| | | | Section 8.3. Silencing Logs |
| | | | Section 8.4. The Same-Origin Policy |
| | | | Section 8.5. The Use and Abuse of HTTP Methods |
| | | | Section 8.6. Encryption and Secure Certificates |
| | | | Section 8.7. The Rails Security Mailing List |
| | | | Section 8.8. Summary |
| | | Chapter 9. Performance |
| | | | Section 9.1. Development and Production Environments |
| | | | Section 9.2. Session Stores |
| | | | Section 9.3. Output Caching |
| | | | Section 9.4. Asset Packaging |
| | | | Section 9.5. Dealing with Long-Running Tasks |
| | | | Section 9.6. Summary |
| | | Chapter 10. Prototype Reference |
| | | | Section 10.1. Ajax Support |
| | | | Section 10.2. DOM Manipulation |
| | | | Section 10.3. Core Extensions |
| | | Chapter 11. script.aculo.us Reference |
| | | | Section 11.1. Visual Effects |
| | | | Section 11.2. Drag and Drop |
| | | | Section 11.3. Controls |
| | | | Section 11.4. Element Extensions |
| | | | Section 11.5. DOM Builder |
| | | | Section 11.6. JavaScript Unit Testing |
| | | | Section 11.7. Utility Methods |
| | | Chapter 12. Review Quiz |
| | | Chapter 13. Photo Gallery |
| | | Chapter 14. Intranet Workgroup Collaboration |
| | | Colophon |
| | | Index |
