Description:
Ajax, or Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, exploded onto the scene in the spring of 2005 and still remains the hottest story among we developers. With its rich combination of technologies, Ajax can create interactive web applications with XML or JSON based web services, using JavaScript in the browser to process the web server response. "Ajax Design Patterns" from O'Reilly provides you with the best practices you need to improve your web development projects. It does so by investigating how others have successfully dealt with conflicting design principles in the past, and then relaying that information directly to you. The patterns outlined in the book fall into four categories: Foundational technology - Overview the raw technologies required for Ajax development Programming - Expose techniques that developers have been discovering to ensure their Ajax applications are maintainable Functionality and usability - Describe the types of user interfaces you'll come across in Ajax applications and the new types of functionality that Ajax makes possible Development - Explain the process being used to monitor, debug and test their 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. If you want to produce high-quality Ajax architectures, streamline your performance and improve your usability, then you only need to read this handy reference front to back.