Head First Ajax - Rebecca M. Riordan

Head First Ajax provides a comprehensive and practical perspective on Ajax, offering a detailed exploration of its components and applications. This book is designed for experienced web developers and programmers in Java, PHP, and C#, as well as those comfortable with scripting. It covers the JavaScript event model, making Ajax requests, asynchronous application model, DOM manipulation, XHTML forms, XML and JSON syntax, Ajax architecture, and the Prototype Library. The book also delves into the server-side implications of building Ajax applications using a "black box" approach to server-side components.

Key topics covered in Head First Ajax include:

• The JavaScript event model
• Making Ajax requests with XMLHTTPREQUEST objects
• The asynchronous application model
• The Document Object Model (DOM)
• Manipulating the DOM in JavaScript
• Controlling the browser with the Browser Object Model
• XHTML Forms
• POST Requests
• XML Syntax and the XML DOM tree
• XML Requests & Responses
• JSON -- an alternative to XML
• Ajax architecture & patterns
• The Prototype Library

Author: Riordan, Rebecca M.
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Head First Ajax
Pages: 00528 (Unencrypted )
On Sale: 2013-04-15
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780596515782
Category: Computers : Programming Languages - JavaScript