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Client-Side Web Programming Certificate Series targets beginning and intermediate students who want to acquire the skills needed for rich front-end web development, and who want to back those skills up with a Certificate from the University of Illinois Office of Continuing Education.

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Ajax Experts

Micah Dubinko served as an editor and author of the XForms 1.0 W3C specification. Micah is the author of XForms Essentials, and is available for consulting.

Kurt Cagle is an author and writer specializing in XML, Web 2, SVG, and blogging.

Dori Smith is coauthor of Mac OS X Unwired, JavaScript for the WWW: Visual QuickStart Guide, 4th Edition, author of Java 2 for the WWW: Visual QuickStart Guide, and a contributor to numerous online and print computer industry magazines.

Christian Wenz is an author, trainer, and consultant with focus on web technologies and web security. He is Microsoft MVP for ASP/ASP.NET.

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Web Interfaces Webcast

Designing Web Interfaces: Principles & Patterns for Rich Interaction

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Ajax Answers

O'Reilly Answers: Clever Hacks. Creative Ideas. Innovative Solutions.

• Convert JavaScript Behavior to CSS to Speed Up Web Pages

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Ajax News & Commentary

Announcing O'Reilly Answers - Clever Hacks. Creative Ideas. Innovative Solutions.

By Allen Noren
November 4, 2009

We're launching the beta of O'Reilly Answers, and I'm inviting you to be part of it. In brief, O'Reilly Answers is a community site for sharing knowledge, asking questions, and providing answers that brings together our customers, authors, editors, conference speakers, and Foo (Friends of O'Reilly). O'Reilly is at the center of an amazing exchange of knowledge sharing and idea generation, and we want you to join us in changing the world by spreading the knowledge of innovators.

50 Most Usable RIAs

By Theresa Neil
September 2, 2009

We applied two simple criteria to identify the 50 most usable RIAs: Number 1: Does it adhere to the 10 basic usability principles? Number 2: Is it really rich? Developing a product with Ajax, Flex, or Silverlight doesn't inherently make it rich. A usable RIA will embody these six principles: Make it Direct, Keep it Lightweight, Stay in the Page, Provide an Invitation, Use Transitions, React Immediately.

Using Ajax and Search Referrer Info to Help Users Navigate Your Site

By Kyle Dent
July 22, 2009

Using the referrer URL to detect what brought users to your site can let you help them find what they're looking for. The almost magical asynchronicity of Ajax lets you provide additional content for users from search engines. It requires only minor changes to your site and doesn't affect the experience for others.

Quick video example of Firebug

By Raymond Camden
June 16, 2009

A quick video demonstrating how Firebug can be used to debug an Ajax problem.

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