It’s not just another book on Ajax. It’s Pragmatic Ajax: a concise, complete look at a new way of envisioning and implementing browser-based applications. Ajax turns static web pages into interactive applications.Показать полностьюIt’s not just another book on Ajax. It’s Pragmatic Ajax: a concise, complete look at a new way of envisioning and implementing browser-based applications. Ajax turns static web pages into interactive applications. Now you can deploy rich-client applications to clients without sacrificing the easy deployment of web applications. But to many folks, Ajax seems difficult. That’s why we produced this book. As a Pragmatic guide, it strips away the mystery and shows you the easy way to make Ajax work for you. We cover the basics of DHTML, JavaScript, and the infamous XmlHttpRequest call. You'll see how to add Ajax to existing programs, and design new applications to exploit the power of Web 2.0. Learn the three layers of Ajax framework, and when (and how) to use each. See how to create rich clients, use visual effects, add client-side validation, and handle forms. Write applications that degrade gracefully if clients don't support JavaScript. And see how to integrate your Ajaxified clients into Java, .NET, and Ruby on Rails server frameworks. With Pragmatic Ajax, you'll: Understand the breadth of the Ajax/Web 2.0 landscape, and go-in-depth on how Ajax works Learn how JavaScript works with your server-side framework See how to easily apply Ajax techniques to an existing application — and when not to Know what’s coming by looking at new features and frameworks currently in active development. Writing dynamic applications isn't that hard. Folks are awed by Google Maps, but it isn't rocket science (apart from the satellite pictures). As a special bonus, see how to implement your own Google Maps-like application using DHTML.

Ajax is taking us into the next generation of web applications. Ajax has broken the client-server barrier by decoupling the client from the server, but an Ajax application still needs a server to extract content from.Показать полностьюAjax is taking us into the next generation of web applications. Ajax has broken the client-server barrier by decoupling the client from the server, but an Ajax application still needs a server to extract content from. The most effective use of Ajax and the server requires an understanding of REST, an architectural style used to define Web services. Ajax Patterns and Best Practices explores dynamic web applications that combine Ajax and REST as a single solution. A major advantage of REST is that like Ajax, it can be used with today’s existing technologies. This is an ideal book whether or not you have already created an Ajax application. Because the book outlines various patterns and best practices, you can quickly check and verify that you're building an efficient Ajax application. Inside the book, the patterns will answer the following questions: What is Ajax, and REST and why do you even care? And if I should care what are some examples of websites that make effective use of Ajax and REST? What are the absolute basics of Ajax and REST and what parts of those basics should I use? How should deal with large amounts of data? Should I cache the data? Should I get the data piece fed to me? (Patterns: Cache Controller, and Infinite Data) People keep telling me that sessions and cookies are bad? Are they bad? What should I do? And while I think about how about generating content for other devices? (Permutations pattern) I want to fix the back-button problem of the HTML browser. (State Navigation pattern) What is the best way to create a mashup? (REST Based Model View Controller pattern) My page has so many links managed by JavaScript, and I am loosing control, help me make this more organized! (Decoupled Navigation pattern) I understand that HTTP means I send data to the server, how about the server sending me some data without asking for it? (Persistent Communications pattern) My server side code looks like a mess with tags and code pieces everywhere how can I organize and make my HTML page behave like a SOA client and use REST based web services? (Content chunking pattern)

Reusable components and patterns for Ajax-driven applications Ajax is one of the latest and greatest ways to improve users' online experience and create new and innovative web functionality.Показать полностьюReusable components and patterns for Ajax-driven applications Ajax is one of the latest and greatest ways to improve users' online experience and create new and innovative web functionality. By allowing specific parts of a web page to be displayed without refreshing the entire page, Ajax significantly enhances the experience of web applications. It also lets web developers create intuitive and innovative interaction processes. Ajax for Web Application Developers provides the in-depth working knowledge of Ajax that web developers need to take their web applications to the next level. The book shows how to create an Ajax-driven web application from an object-oriented perspective, and it includes discussion of several useful Ajax design patterns. This detailed guide covers the creation of connections to a MySQL database with PHP 5 via a custom Ajax engine and shows how to gracefully format the response with CSS, JavaScript, and XHTML while keeping the data tightly secure. It also covers the use of four custom Ajax-enabled components in an application and how to create each of them from scratch. The final section of the book combines the individual code examples and techniques from earlier chapters of the book into one larger, Ajax-driven applicationan internal web mail application that can be used in any user-based application, such as a community-based web application. Readers will learn not only how to create and use their own reusable Ajax components in this application but also how to connect their components to any future Ajax applications that they might build.

JavaScript is one of the most important technologies on the web. It provides the means to add dynamic functionality to your web pages and serves as the backbone of Ajax-style web development.Показать полностьюJavaScript is one of the most important technologies on the web. It provides the means to add dynamic functionality to your web pages and serves as the backbone of Ajax-style web development. Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax is an essential guide for modern JavaScript programming; it’s practical but comprehensive. It covers everything you need to know to get up to speed with JavaScript development to add dynamic enhancements to web pages and program Ajax-style applications. Experienced web developer Christian Heilmann begins gently by giving you an overview of JavaScript — its syntax, good coding practices, and the principles of DOM scripting. Then he builds up your JavaScript toolkit, covering dynamically manipulating markup, changing page styling on the fly using the CSS DOM, validating forms, dealing with images, and much more. Then he takes you to advanced territory, with a complete case study illustrating how many new JavaScript techniques can work together, plus a great introduction to Ajax development.

Create Web applications that act like desktop ones Brush up on JavaScript, use free Ajax frameworks, and make your sites rock What if shoppers at your online store could fill their carts without waiting for multiple page refreshes? What if searches produced instant results on the same page? With this book you won't have to wonder “what if” — you can use Ajax to make it happen! Get the scoop on all the technologies and start cranking out great applications. Discover how to * Use CSS with Ajax * Connect to Ajax communities * Handle browsers that don?t do JavaScript * Tie Ajax into Google * Work with XML DOM * Connect Ajax to PHP and JSP

Pro JSF and Ajax shows you how to leverage the full potential of JavaServer Faces (JSF) and Ajax. This is not an entry-level tutorial, but a book about building Ajax-enabled JSF components for sophisticated, enterprise-level Rich Internet Applications.Показать полностьюPro JSF and Ajax shows you how to leverage the full potential of JavaServer Faces (JSF) and Ajax. This is not an entry-level tutorial, but a book about building Ajax-enabled JSF components for sophisticated, enterprise-level Rich Internet Applications. Written by JSF experts and verified by established community figures — including Adam Winer (member of the JSF Expert Group, Java Champion), Kito D. Mann (JSFCentral.com and JSF in Action), and Matthias We?endorf (MyFaces) — this JSF 1.2-compatible book provides reliable and groundbreaking JSF components to help you exploit the power of JSF in your Java web applications. This book provides a blueprint for building custom JSF UI components and shows how to leverage the best browser technologies, such as AJAX, Mozilla XUL and Microsoft HTC, to deliver Rich Internet Applications. This book covers standard best practices for behavioral and renderer-specific component classes, renderers, events and event listeners, and JSP tag handlers for each. It also covers advanced techniques such as dynamic content type negotiation, JAR-based resource delivery, and dynamic render kit selection.

Ajax, or Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, exploded onto the scene in the spring of 2005 and remains the hottest story among web developers. With its rich combination of technologies, Ajax provides a strong foundation for creating interactive web applications with XML or JSON-based web services by using JavaScript in the browser to process the web server response. Ajax Design Patterns shows you best practices that can dramatically improve your web development projects.Показать полностьюAjax, or Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, exploded onto the scene in the spring of 2005 and remains the hottest story among web developers. With its rich combination of technologies, Ajax provides a strong foundation for creating interactive web applications with XML or JSON-based web services by using JavaScript in the browser to process the web server response. Ajax Design Patterns shows you best practices that can dramatically improve your web development projects. It investigates how others have successfully dealt with conflicting design principles in the past and then relays that information directly to you. The patterns outlined in the book fall into four categories: * Foundational technology: Examines the raw technologies required for Ajax development * Programming: Exposes techniques that developers have discovered to ensure their Ajax applications are maintainable * Functionality and usability: Describes the types of user interfaces you'll come across in Ajax applications, as well as the new types of functionality that Ajax makes possible * Development: Explains the process being used to monitor, debug, and test Ajax applications Ajax Design Patterns will also get you up to speed with core Ajax technologies, such as XMLHttpRequest, the DOM, and JSON. Technical discussions are followed by code examples so you can see for yourself just what is-and isn't-possible with Ajax. This handy reference will help you to produce high-quality Ajax architectures, streamline web application performance, and improve the user experience.

Ajax has the power to revolutionize the way web-based applications are designed. This book provides you with a thorough working knowledge of what Ajax has to offer and how to take full advantage of it in your application development. Following an exploration of how Ajax works with .NET, you'll get acquainted with DHTML, the role of JavaScript and the Document Object Model, and the XMLHttpRequest Object, which is the foundation of Ajax.Показать полностьюAjax has the power to revolutionize the way web-based applications are designed. This book provides you with a thorough working knowledge of what Ajax has to offer and how to take full advantage of it in your application development. Following an exploration of how Ajax works with .NET, you'll get acquainted with DHTML, the role of JavaScript and the Document Object Model, and the XMLHttpRequest Object, which is the foundation of Ajax. Then you will examine the Ajax-type features built into ASP.NET and explore the Ajax.NET Professional Library in detail. Finally, you will explore client scripting as well as building and using controls with Microsoft’s Atlas. With an entire chapter devoted to debugging, you will have all you need to use this cutting-edge technology. What you will learn from this book * What you can do with the open source Ajax.NET Professional Library * How to use the corresponding functionality, Asynchronous Client Script Callbacks, that comes with ASP.NET 2.0 * Techniques for using the XMLHttpRequest Object to communicate between the client web browser and the server * An overview of XML, XSLT, and other ways to send data between client and server * How to integrate Microsoft’s Atlas with many of the services available in ASP.NET 2.0 Who this book is for This book is for programmers who use ASP.NET and are just starting to use Ajax technologies to create more responsive, modern applications. Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.

This book introduces a fast-track path to understanding Atlas, and how this technology can increase the power and functionality of your code while conserving time and effort.Показать полностьюThis book introduces a fast-track path to understanding Atlas, and how this technology can increase the power and functionality of your code while conserving time and effort. The book begins with a bare-bones introduction that explains how Atlas relates to Ajax. Microsoft Atlas is a web-client framework that makes building Ajax-style applications easier. It provides a prewritten framework that gives you a structured environment in which to work. Atlas also provides you with an object model and standardized debugging to make development faster and simpler. Ajax is a new way of combining a number of Web technologies including JavaScript, dynamic HTML, and a feature known as XmlHttp (which reduces the need for client browsers to constantly reconnect to the server every time new information is downloaded). But at the moment, people developing with Ajax have to write their code from the ground up, which is complex and time consuming. The book guides you through a series of practical examples that demonstrate the Atlas framework and available controls. After reading this book, you'll be able to compile a seamless Atlas-based application of your own! In anticipation of changes during development of the Atlas technology, the updated source code is posted for download on the author’s blog, www.philotic.com/blog. This book demystifies the Atlas technology and shows you how to work with it. The first book dedicated to this revolutionary new technology. Written by an experienced .NET author in collaboration with the Atlas development team.

Need to learn JavaScript fast? This best-selling reference’s visual format and step-by-step, task-based instructions will have you up and running with JavaScript in no time.Показать полностьюNeed to learn JavaScript fast? This best-selling reference’s visual format and step-by-step, task-based instructions will have you up and running with JavaScript in no time. In this completely updated edition of our best-selling guide to JavaScript, leading Web and computing experts Tom Negrino and Dori Smith use crystal-clear instructions and friendly prose to introduce you to all of today’s JavaScript essentials. Along the way, you'll find extensive coverage of Ajax and XML techniques, current browsers (Opera, Safari, Firefox), and more. Visual QuickStart Guide — the quick and easy way to learn! Easy visual approach uses pictures to guide you through JavaScript and show you what to do. Concise steps and explanations get you up and running in no time. Page for page, the best content and value around. Companion Web site at www.javascriptworld.com offers sample scripts, updates, and more!

Ajax, the popular term for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, is one of the most important combinations of technologies for web developers to know these days.Показать полностьюAjax, the popular term for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, is one of the most important combinations of technologies for web developers to know these days. With its rich grouping of technologies, Ajax developers can create interactive web applications with XML-based web services, using JavaScript in the browser to process the web server response. Taking complete advantage of Ajax, however, requires something more than your typical "how-to" book. What it calls for is Ajax Hacks from O'Reilly. This valuable guide provides direct, hands-on solutions that take the mystery out of Ajax’s many capabilities. Each hack represents a clever way to accomplish a specific task, saving you countless hours of searching for the right answer. A smart collection of 100 insider tips and tricks, Ajax Hacks covers all of the technology’s finer points. Want to build next-generation web applications today? This book can show you how. Among the multitude of topics addressed, it shows you techniques for: Using Ajax with Google Maps and Yahoo Maps Displaying Weather.com data Scraping stock quotes Fetching postal codes Building web forms with auto-complete functionality Ajax Hacks also features a number of advanced hacks for accelerated web developers. Discover how to create huge, maintainable bookmarklets, how to use client-side storage for Ajax applications, and how to call a built-in Java object from JavaScript using Ajax. The book even addresses best practices for testing Ajax applications and improving maintenance, performance, and reliability for JavaScript code. The latest in O"Reilly’s celebrated Hacks series, Ajax Hacks smartly complements other O'Reilly titles such as Head Rush Ajax and JavaScript: The Definitive Guide.

Learn to build dynamic, interactive web applications using the two most important approaches to web development today: Ajax and the phenomenally efficient Ruby on Rails platform.Показать полностьюLearn to build dynamic, interactive web applications using the two most important approaches to web development today: Ajax and the phenomenally efficient Ruby on Rails platform. This book teaches intermediate to advanced web developers how to use both Ajax and Rails to quickly build high-performance, scalable applications without being overwhelmed with thousands of lines of JavaScript code. More than just recipes, you also get a thorough, low-level understanding of what’s happening under the hood. Ajax on Rails includes three fully worked out Rails/Ajax applications, and quick reference sections for Prototype and script.aculo.us. Testing lessons show you how to eliminate cross-browser JavaScript errors and DOM debugging nightmares using a combination of Firebug, and Venkman. Advanced material explains the most current design practices for Ajax usability. You'll learn to avoid user experience mistakes with proven design patterns. Beyond the how-to, Ajax on Rails helps you consider when Ajax is (and isn't) appropriate, and the trade-offs associated with it. For those new to Rails, this book provides a quick introduction, the big picture, a walk through the installation process, and some tips on getting started. If you've already started working with Rails and seek to deepen your skill set, you'll find dozens of examples drawn from real-world projects, exhaustive reference for every relevant feature, and expert advice on how to “Ajaxify” your applications.

By now, you're probably chomping at the bit to start building those rich, highly usable Ajax web applications everyone’s talking about. Wouldn't it be nice if one book taught you all the Ajax techniques you need and also gave you a needed refresher on the underlying technologies? Edmond Woychowsky thought so, and he’s written that book. Woychowsky starts with a quick overview of the ways web pages have been coded since time immemorial — and their limitations.Показать полностьюBy now, you're probably chomping at the bit to start building those rich, highly usable Ajax web applications everyone’s talking about. Wouldn't it be nice if one book taught you all the Ajax techniques you need and also gave you a needed refresher on the underlying technologies? Edmond Woychowsky thought so, and he’s written that book. Woychowsky starts with a quick overview of the ways web pages have been coded since time immemorial — and their limitations. Next, he explains why Ajax is different, then introduces its key concepts step-by-step, from its earliest “primordial” ancestors to its latest incarnations. Woychowsky reviews Ajax-relevant facets of HTML and XHTML, JavaScript, XML, DTDs, schemas, XML data islands, and XMLHTTP Request. Unlike many other Ajax books, this one also shows how XSLT and XPath can be used well in Ajax applications. There’s also a full chapter on the cross-browser HTML Document Object Model, which lets you do magical things like update only parts of a web page. Since Ajax is based on mature, non-proprietary standards, it’s easy to develop Ajax applications using open source technologies. That’s Woychowsky’s approach. He first explains how today’s increasingly popular open-source Ajax libraries work, utilizing examples drawn upon his own homegrown client-side JavaScript library. He offers practical introductions to open source tools like Ruby on Rails. And, throughout, he relies on examples that use a wide range of open source software — from MySQL to Firefox.

* Building on the strength of the popular first edition, this book helps experienced Web developers who are already familiar with Ajax foundations–JavaScript, CSS, and XML–to create more sophisticated and responsive Ajax user interfaces * New topics include ready-to-use Ajax libraries, Ajax mapping, debugging, Microsoft Atlas, dynamic script loading, working with RSS and Web search feeds, and much more * Discusses range of request brokers (including the hidden frame technique, iframes, and XMLHTTP) and explains when one should be used over another * Reviews the different Ajax techniques and patterns for executing client-server communication on a Web site and in Web applications

В этой книге описан новый подход к созданию Web-приложений, известный как Ajax. Авторы осматривают составные части Ajax: JavaScript, CSS, DOM и объект XMLHttpRequest.Показать полностьюВ этой книге описан новый подход к созданию Web-приложений, известный как Ajax. Авторы осматривают составные части Ajax: JavaScript, CSS, DOM и объект XMLHttpRequest. Кроме iro, в книге нашли отражение вопросы управления кодом, взаимодействия клиента и сервера применения архитектуры "модель-представленис-коцтроллер" на разных уровнях приложения, ататель также найдет сведения о защите и производительности — важных характеристиках, су- ественно влияющих на популярность любого продукта. Рассматриваемые вопросы иллюстриру- гся примерами практического использования Ajax. В приложениях содержится дополнительная формация об инструментальных средствах, о языке JavaScript и библиотеках. Материал книги ложен на высоком уровне и будет полезен спеииалистам высокой и средней квалификации.

While creative professionals spend much of their time working on illustrations, photo-editing, and laying out pages, many parts of their jobs are anything BUT creative.Показать полностьюWhile creative professionals spend much of their time working on illustrations, photo-editing, and laying out pages, many parts of their jobs are anything BUT creative. Too often, they spend their time doing repetitive, time-wasting tasks such as placing and replacing images, correcting errors in text, cutting and pasting, and preparing files for printing. Yet virtually every repetitive or time-consuming task that creative professionals have to do in the Adobe Creative Suite can be streamlined with the help of a script. Adobe Bridge is the new navigational center built into Adobe Creative Suite 2 software, giving users instant access to their Adobe Creative Suite project files, applications, and settings. And like all of Adobe Creative Suite 2's components, Adobe Bridge has built-in JavaScript support. Now available in print for the first time, this scripting reference provides the information experienced JavaScript users need to create scripts for Adobe Bridge, whether you're looking to create a custom file browsing view, need to export metadata from selected thumbnails automatically, or want to create custom navigational bars or dialog boxes that help streamline your company’s production workflow. If you're familiar with JavaScript,, C and C++ programming, and the Adobe Creative Suite, this reference will show you how to use the scripting API to extend and manipulate Adobe Bridge.

Written by the engineers and scripting experts at Adobe–and now available for the first time in print–this book is an essential reference guide for developers who want to extend the capabilities of Adobe GoLive CS2 using JavaScript and the special markup tags that the GoLive CS2 SDK (Software Developer’s Kit) provides.Показать полностьюWritten by the engineers and scripting experts at Adobe–and now available for the first time in print–this book is an essential reference guide for developers who want to extend the capabilities of Adobe GoLive CS2 using JavaScript and the special markup tags that the GoLive CS2 SDK (Software Developer’s Kit) provides. If you’re familiar with GoLive, JavaScript, and C and C++ programming, you’ll find the information you need to create custom tools and extensions tailored to your specific GoLive tasks. For example, you can create floating palettes and task-specific dialogs that include text, graphics, and controls; add custom HTML elements that can be edited in an Inspector palette; add new controls to the Objects palette–anything that helps streamline your company’s GoLive workflow. And since nearly all of the user commands in GoLive are made available in JavaScript, you can use JavaScript to automate repetitive tasks — for example, editing all the documents on your Web site automatically, or customizing menu items in GoLive according to the contents of a specific database. These are just a few of the ways that scripting can save you from hours of time-consuming tasks in GoLive.

This book is an attempt to bridge the ever?increasing gap between the market demand and availability of such expertise. The first step in becoming an expert involves gaining in?depth knowledge of JavaScript, and that is exactly what this book offers. The book will begin with the basics of scripting and then discusses the intricacies of scripting.

The JavaScript Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition provides a complete overview of the core JavaScript language and client-side scripting environment, as well as quick-reference material on core and client-side objects, methods, and properties.Показать полностьюThe JavaScript Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition provides a complete overview of the core JavaScript language and client-side scripting environment, as well as quick-reference material on core and client-side objects, methods, and properties. The new edition has been revised to cover JavaScript 1.5, and is particularly useful for developers working with the latest standards-compliant web browsers, such as Internet Explorer 6, Netscape 7, and Mozilla.

DHTML & JavaScript offers plenty of instruction on using DHTML features as implemented in Netscape’s Navigator 4+ browsers. This book contains a wealth of information about style sheets and other elements of Dynamic HTML; however, readers should be forewarned that there is no mention of Microsoft Internet Explorer compatibility whatsoever. The title features dual coverage of the cascading style sheets syntax and JavaScript syntax implementations of DHTML.Показать полностьюDHTML & JavaScript offers plenty of instruction on using DHTML features as implemented in Netscape’s Navigator 4+ browsers. This book contains a wealth of information about style sheets and other elements of Dynamic HTML; however, readers should be forewarned that there is no mention of Microsoft Internet Explorer compatibility whatsoever. The title features dual coverage of the cascading style sheets syntax and JavaScript syntax implementations of DHTML. It delves deeply into the added features of JavaScript 1.2 and covers the changes presented with JavaScript 1.3. The first part of the book focuses on style and layer implementation, while the subsequent parts go into the aforementioned JavaScript dialects. The material is presented with text that’s easy to understand; however, the book’s formatting is a bit distracting. The author uses unusually prominent headings and excessively underlines text. Loads of code samples illustrate all of the concepts, and charts summarize the language syntax, properties, and events. The accompanying CD-ROM provides the book’s content in HTML and Adobe Acrobat formats as well as supplemental documents such as Netscape guides. Although this book’s presentation is rather unconventional, its excellent code examples and detailed index make it great as an everyday how-to reference. — Stephen W. Plain From Library Journal Gilorien is a digital artist so this is not your normal computer manual. While the tech stuff is all correct, the book’s perspective is definitely "artistic," meaning cool comes before usability and often readability. This is not a book for novices; readers should have already mastered cascading style. A must for patrons interested in creating very strange, dynamic, animated images that download quckly without plugs-in. For larger collections.