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SAMS Teach Yourself Ajax in 10 Minutes

by Phil Ballard

April 2006

Beginner

240 pages

4h 7m

English

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Dedication
About This BookWhat Is Ajax?Who This Book Is ForWhat Do I Need To Use This Book?Conventions Used in This BookOnline Resources and Errata
A Short History of the WebWorkings of the World Wide WebWhat Is a Web Page?Web ServersServer-Side ProgrammingWeb BrowsersClient-Side ProgrammingDNS—The Domain Name ServiceSummary
Introducing HTMLWhat Is HTML?What Tools Are Needed to Write HTML?Our First HTML DocumentElements of an HTML PageThe <head> of the DocumentThe Document <body>Adding Attributes to HTML ElementsImagesTablesHyperlinksA More Advanced HTML PageSome Useful HTML TagsCascading Style Sheets in Two MinutesSetting Style Sheet RulesSummary
Introducing HTTPWhy Do I Need To Know About This?What Is (and Isn’t) Covered in This LessonThe HTTP Request and ResponseThe HTTP RequestThe HTTP ResponseHTML FormsGET and POST RequestsSummary
About JavaScriptWhy Do I Need To Know About JavaScript?What Is (and Isn’t) Covered in This LessonJavaScript BasicsIn at the Deep EndIncluding JavaScript in HTML PagesEvent HandlersCreating FunctionsPassing Arguments to FunctionsOther Event HandlersManipulating Data in JavaScriptVariablesObjectsExample—Form ValidationSummary
Introducing PHPWhy Do I Need To Know This?What Is (and Isn’t) Covered in This LessonEmbedding PHP in HTML PagesOutputting HTML from PHPVariables in PHPNumbersStringsArraysControlling Program FlowSummary
Introducing XMLWhy Do I Need To Know This?What Is (and Isn’t) Covered in This LessonXML BasicsXML Document StructureDocument PrologDocument Type DeclarationElement DeclarationsAttribute List DeclarationsValid XMLJavaScript and XMLThe Document Object Model (DOM)NodesGetting TagnamesGetting Element AttributesTag ContentsSummary
The Need for AjaxTraditional Versus Ajax Client-Server InteractionsThe Rich User ExperienceIntroducing AjaxA Real Ajax Application—Google SuggestThe Constituent Parts of AjaxThe XMLHTTPRequest ObjectTalking with the ServerWhat Happens at the Server?Dealing with the Server ResponseOther Housekeeping TasksPutting It All TogetherSummary
More About JavaScript ObjectsCreating an Instance of an ObjectThe Document Object Model or DOMIntroducing XMLHTTPRequestCreating the XMLHTTPRequest ObjectDifferent Rules for Different BrowsersA Solution for All BrowsersMethods and PropertiesThe open() MethodThe send() MethodSummary
Sending the Server RequestDealing with the Browser CacheMonitoring Server StatusThe readyState PropertyServer Response Status CodesThe Callback FunctionUsing the Callback FunctionSummary
The responseText and responseXML PropertiesThe responseText PropertyThe responseXML PropertyAnother Useful JavaScript DOM PropertyThe getElementsByTagName() MethodParsing responseXMLProviding User FeedbackThe getElementById() MethodSummary
Constructing the Ajax ApplicationThe HTML DocumentAdding JavaScriptThe XMLHTTPRequest ObjectThe Server RequestOur PHP Server-Side ScriptThe Callback FunctionEmploying Event HandlersPutting It All TogetherUser FeedbackSummary
Getting More from the responseText PropertyReturning TextUsing Returned Text Directly in Page ElementsIncluding HTML in responseTextMore Complex Formatted DataSummary
Introducing AHAHWhy Use AHAH Instead of Ajax?Creating a Small Library for AHAHIntroducing myAHAHlib.jsUsing myAHAHlib.jsApplying myAHAHlib.js in a ProjectExtending myAHAHlib.jsSummary
Adding the “x” to AjaxThe responseXML PropertyMore JavaScript DOM MethodsAn Overview of DOM MethodsProject—An RSS Headline ReaderThe HTML Page for Our ApplicationThe Code in FullThe Callback FunctionThe Server-Side CodeSummary
Introduction to Web ServicesREST—Representational State TransferA Hypothetical REST ExampleQuery Information Using GETStateless OperationUsing REST in PracticeReading a List of Available ArticlesRetrieving a Particular ArticleUploading a New ArticleReal World REST—the Amazon REST APIREST and AjaxSummary
Introducing SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)The Background of the SOAP ProtocolThe SOAP ProtocolCode Example of a SOAP RequestSending the SOAP Request Via HTTPUsing Ajax and SOAPCode ExampleReviewing SOAP and RESTSummary
An Ajax LibraryReviewing myAHAHlib.jsImplementing Our LibraryCreating XMLHTTPRequest InstancesHTTP GET and POST RequestsThe Callback FunctionUsing the LibraryExtending the LibrarySummary
Common Ajax ErrorsThe Back ButtonBookmarking and LinksTelling the User That Something Is HappeningMaking Ajax Degrade ElegantlyDealing with Search Engine SpidersPointing Out Active Page ElementsDon’t Use Ajax Where It’s InappropriateSecurityTest Code Across Multiple PlatformsAjax Won’t Cure a Bad DesignSome Programming GotchasBrowser Caching of GET RequestsPermission Denied ErrorsEscaping ContentSummary
Introducing prototype.jsThe $() FunctionThe $F() FunctionThe Form ObjectThe Try.these() FunctionWrapping XMLHTTPRequest—the Ajax ObjectAjax.RequestAjax.UpdaterAjax.PeriodicalUpdaterExample Project—Stock Price ReaderSummary
Introducing RicoUsing Rico in Your ApplicationsRico’s AjaxEngineA Simple ExampleRico’s Other Interface ToolsDrag-and-DropExample of a Drag-and-Drop InterfaceCinematic EffectsSummary
Introducing XOADDownloading and Installing XOADA Simple XOAD PageXOAD HTMLXOAD_HTML::getElementById()XOAD_HTML::getElementsByTagName()Advanced Programming with XOADXOAD EventsCache Handling with XOADXOAD ControlsSummary

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Chapter 21. Using XOAD

In this lesson you will learn about XOAD, a server-side framework with Ajax support written by Stanimir Angeloff.

Introducing XOAD

So far in this part of the book we have looked at the prototype.js and Rico libraries and how they can help you to develop Ajax applications. Unlike these client-side libraries, which are written in JavaScript, XOAD is a server-side Ajax toolkit written in PHP.

This lesson discusses some of the concepts behind XOAD and the basics of its use.

Tip

XOAD is an acronym for XMLHTTP Object-oriented Application Development.

All our work so far has concentrated on the use of JavaScript to handle both the server ...

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