Professional Ajax

About the Book: Professional Ajax, 2nd Ed Combining tried-and-true CSS, XML, and JavaScript technologies, Ajax provides web developers with the ability to create more sophisticated and responsive user interfaces and break free from the click-and-wait standard that has dominated the web since its introduction. This book discusses the range of request brokers (including the hidden frame technique, iframes, and XMLHttp) and explains when one should be used over another. It helps one learn different Ajax techniques and patterns for executing client-server communication on ones web site and in web applications. The information in the book helps gain practical knowledge necessary to implement ones own Ajax solutions. Some areas covered from the first edition includes: Different methods for achieving Ajax communication and when to use each A variety of Ajax design patterns to use in specific data retrieval circumstances Techniques for using Ajax with RSS and Atom to produce a web-based news aggregator How to use JavaScript Object Notation as an alternate data transmission format for Ajax...