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Head First Ajax - New From O'Reilly
A Brain-Friendly Guide to Mastering Ajax

Sebastopol, CA--Ajax is no longer an experimental approach to website
development, but the key to building browser-based applications that form
the cornerstone of Web 2.0. "Head First Ajax" by Rebecca M. Riordan
(O'Reilly, US $44.99) gives you an up-to-date perspective that lets you
see exactly what you can do--and has been done--with Ajax. With it, you
get a highly practical, in-depth, and mature view of what is now a mature
development approach.

Using the unique and highly effective visual format that has turned Head
First titles into runaway bestsellers, this book offers a big picture
overview to introduce Ajax, and then explores the use of individual Ajax
components--including the JavaScript event model, DOM, XML, JSON, and
more--as it progresses. You'll find plenty of sample applications that
illustrate the concepts, along with exercises, quizzes, and other
interactive features to help you retain what you've learned.

"Head First Ajax" covers:

    * 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

The book also discusses the server-side implications of building Ajax
applications, and uses a "black box" approach to server-side components.

"Head First Ajax" is the ideal guide for experienced web developers
comfortable with scripting--particularly those who have completed the
exercises in Head First JavaScript--and for experienced programmers in
Java, PHP, and C# who want to learn client-side programming.

For more information about the book, including table of contents, index,
author bio, and samples, see:
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596515782/

Head First Ajax
Rebecca M. Riordan
ISBN: 978-0-596-51578-2, 497 pages, US $44.99
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