AJAX: Creating Web Pages with Asynchronous JavaScript and XML

Book Description

The Easy, Example-Based Guide to Ajax for Every Web Developer

Using Ajax, you can build Web applications with the sophistication and usability of traditional desktop applications and you can do it using standards and open source software. Now, for the first time, there’s an easy, example-driven guide to Ajax for every Web and open source developer, regardless of experience.

Edmond Woychowsky begins with simple techniques involving only HTML and basic JavaScript. Then, one step at a time, he introduces techniques for building increasingly rich applications. Don’t worry if you’re not an expert on Ajax’s underlying technologies; Woychowsky offers refreshers on them, from JavaScript to the XMLHttpRequest object. You’ll also find multiple open source technologies and open standards throughout, ranging from Firefox to Ruby and MySQL.

You’ll not only learn how to write “functional” code, but also master design patterns for writing rocksolid, high-performance Ajax applications. You’ll also learn how to use frameworks such as Ruby on Rails to get the job done fast.

• Learn how Ajax works, how it evolved, and what it’s good for
• Understand the flow of processing in Ajax applications
• Build Ajax applications with XML and the XMLHttpRequest object
• Integrate back-end code, from PHP to C#
• Use XSLT and XPath, including XPath Axis
• Develop client-side Ajax libraries to support code reuse
• Streamline development with Ruby on Rails and the Ruby programming language
• Use the cross-browser HTML DOM to update parts of a page
• Discover the best Ajax Web resources, including Ajax-capable JavaScript libraries

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Types of Web Pages
Chapter 2. Introducing Ajax
Chapter 3. HTML/XHTML
Chapter 4. JavaScript
Chapter 5. Ajax Using HTML and JavaScript
Chapter 6. XML
Chapter 7. XMLHttpRequest
Chapter 8. Ajax Using XML and XMLHttpRequest
Chapter 9. XPath
Chapter 10. XSLT
Chapter 11. Ajax Using XSLT
Chapter 12. Better Living Through Code Reuse
Chapter 13. Traveling with Ruby on Rails
Chapter 14. Traveling Farther with Ruby
Chapter 15. The Essential Cross-Browser HTML DOM
Chapter 16. Other Items of Interest

中文：

书名：AJAX: Creating Web Pages with Asynchronous JavaScript and XML

面向每个Web开发人员的简单、基于示例的AJAX指南

使用AJAX，您可以构建具有传统桌面应用程序的复杂性和可用性的Web应用程序，并且您可以使用标准和开源软件来实现这一点。现在，第一次有了一个简单的、以例子为导向的AJAX指南，适用于每一位Web和开源开发人员，无论他们的经验如何。

Edmond Woychowsky从简单的技术开始，只涉及到了HTML和基本的JavaScript。然后，他一步一步地介绍了构建日益丰富的应用程序的技术。如果你不是AJAX底层技术的专家，也不用担心；沃伊乔斯基提供了从Java脚本到XMLHttpRequest对象的更新。你还会发现多种开源技术和开源标准，从Firefox到Ruby再到MySQL。

您不仅将学习如何编写函数式代码，还将掌握编写坚如磐石的高性能AJAX应用程序的设计模式。您还将学习如何使用Ruby on Rurails等框架来快速完成工作。

• 了解AJAX是如何工作的，它是如何发展的，以及它有什么好处
• 了解AJAX应用程序中的处理流
• 使用XML和XMLHttpRequest对象构建AJAX应用程序
• Integrate back-end code, from PHP to C#
• Use XSLT and XPath, including XPath Axis
• Develop client-side Ajax libraries to support code reuse
• 使用Ruby on rails和Ruby编程语言简化开发
• 使用跨浏览器的HTMLDOM更新页面的某些部分
• 发现最好的AJAX Web资源，包括支持AJAX的JavaScript库

目录表

第1章.网页的类型
第2章.介绍AJAX
第3章.HTML/XHTML
Chapter 4. JavaScript
第5章.使用HTML和JavaScript的AJAX
第6章.XML
第7章.XMLHttpRequest.
第8章.使用XML和XMLHttpRequest的AJAX
第9章.XPath
第10章.XSLT
第11章.使用XSLT的AJAX
第12章：通过代码重用提高生活质量
Chapter 13. Traveling with Ruby on Rails
Chapter 14. Traveling Farther with Ruby
第15章：基本的跨浏览器HTMLDOM
第十六章.其他感兴趣的项目