Ajax: The Definitive Guide
Ajax: The Definitive Guide By Anthony T. Holdener III
January 2008
Pages: 980

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Table of Contents

  1. Ajax Fundamentals

    1. Chapter 1 Reinventing the Web

      1. Web Page Components
      2. Modern Web Standards
      3. Browsers
      4. Standards Compliance
      5. Welcome to Web 2.0

    2. Chapter 2 From Web Sites to Web Applications

      1. The Transition
      2. Basic Web and Ajax Design Patterns
      3. Application Environments
      4. The Developer
      5. What Ajax Is Not

    3. Chapter 3 Servers, Databases, and the Web

      1. The Web Server
      2. Server-Side Scripting
      3. Databases
      4. Getting Data Into and Out of Relational Databases
      5. Interfacing the Interface
      6. Frameworks and Languages
      7. What Good Are Frameworks?

    4. Chapter 4 Foundations: Scripting XML and JSON

      1. XML
      2. JSON
      3. Choosing a Data Exchange Format
      4. A Quick Introduction to Client Frameworks
      5. Simplifying Development

    5. Chapter 5 Manipulating the DOM

      1. Understanding the DOM
      2. We've Already Met
      3. Manipulating DOM Elements, Attributes, and Objects
      4. Change That Style
      5. Events in the DOM
      6. DOM Stuff for Tables
      7. Is innerHTML Evil?

    6. Chapter 6 Designing Ajax Interfaces

      1. Usability
      2. Functionality
      3. Visualization
      4. Accessibility
      5. The Ajax Interface

  2. Ajax Foundations

    1. Chapter 7 Laying Out Site Navigation

      1. Menus
      2. Tabs
      3. Navigation Aids
      4. Problems with Ajax Navigation
      5. General Layout

    2. Chapter 8 Fun with Tables and Lists

      1. Layout Without Tables
      2. Accessible Tables
      3. Sorting Tables
      4. Tables with Style
      5. Table Pagination
      6. Lists 2.0
      7. Lists for All Seasons

    3. Chapter 9 Page Layout with Frames That Aren't

      1. Using Frames
      2. XHTML and Frames
      3. The Magic of Ajax and a DIV
      4. Page Layout

    4. Chapter 10 Navigation Boxes and Windows

      1. The Alert Box
      2. Integrating the Window
      3. Navigation Windows
      4. Tool Tips
      5. The Necessary Pop Up

    5. Chapter 11 Customizing the Client

      1. Browser Customizations
      2. Stylesheet Switching
      3. Switching Different Customizations
      4. Easy Font-Size Switching
      5. Creating Color Themes
      6. Throwing Ajax into the Mix
      7. Changing Site Language with Ajax
      8. Repositioning Objects and Keeping Those Positions
      9. Storing It All in the Database

    6. Chapter 12 Errors: To Be (in Style) or Not to Be

      1. Error Handling on the Web
      2. Should I React to That Error?
      3. Handling an Error with Care
      4. Integrating the User Error

    7. Chapter 13 This Ain't Your Father's Animation

      1. Animation on the Web
      2. What Is Wrong with GIF?
      3. Building Animation with the PNG Format
      4. Ajax Animations

    8. Chapter 14 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Form

      1. XHTML Forms
      2. Using JavaScript
      3. Fancier Forms
      4. The Basics of Ajax and Forms
      5. Accepting Ajax-Delivered Data
      6. Server Responses

    9. Chapter 15 Data Validation: Client, Server, or Both

      1. Data Validation Is Important
      2. Validation with JavaScript
      3. CSS Notification of Errors
      4. Validation on the Server
      5. Ajax Client/Server Validation

  3. Ajax in Applications

    1. Chapter 16 Search: The New Frontier

      1. Types of Site Searches
      2. Dynamic Searching with Ajax
      3. Googling a Site

    2. Chapter 17 Introducing Web Services

      1. What Is a Web Service?
      2. Web Service Architectures
      3. Ajax and Web Services
      4. Web Feeds
      5. Web Service APIs

    3. Chapter 18 Web Services: The APIs

      1. Publicly Available Web Services
      2. Ajax and the API
      3. The Next Step with Services

    4. Chapter 19 Mashups

      1. Mashups in Web 2.0 Applications
      2. What Are Mashups?
      3. Mashups As Applications
      4. Data Sources
      5. Application Portlets
      6. Building a Mashup
      7. Mashups and Business

    5. Chapter 20 For Your Business Communication Needs

      1. Businesses and Ajax
      2. Real-Time Communication
      3. File Sharing
      4. Whiteboards
      5. Combining Applications

    6. Chapter 21 Internet Games Without Plug-ins

      1. Gaming on the Web
      2. Internet Requirements
      3. Animating a Character
      4. Basic Collisions
      5. User Input
      6. The Basics of Event Handling
      7. Putting It All Together

  4. Wrapping Up

    1. Chapter 22 Modular Coding

      1. What Is Modular Coding?
      2. The Client Side
      3. The Server Side

    2. Chapter 23 Optimizing Ajax Applications

      1. Site Optimization Factors
      2. HTTP
      3. Packets
      4. Client-Side Optimizations
      5. Server-Side Optimizations
      6. Ajax Optimization

  5. References

    1. Appendix The XML and XSLT You Need to Know

      1. What Is XML?
      2. Anatomy of an XML Document
      3. Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation

    2. Appendix JavaScript Framework, Toolkit, and Library References

      1. Prototype Framework Reference
      2. script.aculo.us Library Reference
      3. Rico Library Reference
      4. MooTools Library Reference
      5. Dojo Toolkit Reference
      6. Sarissa Library Reference
      7. MochiKit Library Reference
      8. jQuery Library Reference

    3. Appendix Web Service API Catalog

    4. Appendix Ajax Risk References

      1. Requirements
      2. Bookmarking Issues
      3. Back and Forward Button Problems
      4. Security Risks
      5. Search Engines
      6. Accessibility
      7. Content Changes

  1. Colophon

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