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Ajax in Action Dave Crane and Eric Pascarello with Darren James October, 2005 | 680 pages ISBN: 1932394613 |
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"What is Ajax" Screencast
Manning proudly presents the original screencast "What is Ajax?" which defines Ajax and shows you an entertaining, working example of Ajax in action. By gradually adding features, the screencast makes you think about the richness of your users' experience and shows you how it is done. It is 18 minutes long (27MB download).
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The screencast is available in two identical versions (differing only in encoding):
- what_is_ajax_qt7_mov_27MB.zip Quicktime 7 (MOV) - Superior quality, smaller download sizes (27MB). Uses the H.264 codec designed for upcoming HD DVDs. Highly recommended - it's worth downloading and installing the free Quicktime 7 player (see link below).
- what_is_ajax_mp4_40MB.zip (MP4) - Low quality, large download size (40MB). Provided only as an alternative format for wider compatibility. Use this only if you have no other choice. :)
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DESCRIPTION
Web users are getting tired of the traditional web experience. They get frustrated losing their scroll position; they get annoyed waiting for refresh; they struggle to reorient themselves on every new page. And the list goes on. With asynchronous JavaScript and XML, known as "Ajax," you can give them a better experience. Once users have experienced an Ajax interface, they hate to go back. Ajax is new way of thinking that can result in a flowing and intuitive interaction with the user.
Ajax in Action helps you implement that thinking--it explains how to distribute the application between the client and the server (hint: use a "nested MVC" design) while retaining the integrity of the system. You will learn how to ensure your app is flexible and maintainable, and how good, structured design can help avoid problems like browser incompatibilities. Along the way it helps you unlearn many old coding habits. Above all, it opens your mind to the many advantages gained by placing much of the processing in the browser. If you are a web developer who has prior experience with web technologies, this book is for you.
"What is Ajax?"
Get a taste of what Ajax is all about by viewing one of our original screencasts.
Choose to watch the entertaining and informative four minute overview or view the more detailed demonstration in our twenty-two minute
screencast. It defines Ajax and builds a working example with rich features you can learn to create for your users.
What's Inside
- Ajax principles
- Why Ajax design patterns matter
- How to avoid Ajax pitfalls
- Examples of Ajax in action: type-ahead suggest, live searching using XSL, and many more.
- Examples using Ajax frameworks: Prototype, Scriptaculous, x and Rico
- Ajax usability, security, and performance
ABOUT THE AUTHORS...
Dave Crane has pushed the boundaries of DHTML, and latterly Ajax, on digital TV set-top boxes, in home automation and banking and financial systems. He lives in Gloucestershire, UK. Eric Pascarello is an ASP.NET developer and a moderator of the HTML and JavaScript forum at JavaRanch. He lives in Laurel, MD. Darren James is the architect of the opensource Rico project. He lives in Sunnyvale, CA.