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December 23, 2005

Free Ajax Sceencast and 3 Chapters from Ajax in Action

"What is Ajax?":
www.manning.com/books/crane/screencast

This is a free 18 minute screencast that will help you understand what Ajax is all about. It defines Ajax and then demonstrates how to build a working Ajax application page containing features that you can implement for your web page applications. By gradually adding features using Ajax, the screencast shows you how it is accomplished and helps you better understand your users and what they experience.

Topics covered include:
* Ajax principles
* Why Ajax design patterns matter
* How to avoid Ajax pitfalls
* Examples of Ajax in action: type-ahead suggest, live searching using XSL, and many more.
* Examples using Ajax frameworks: Prototype, Scriptaculous, x and Rico
* Ajax usability, security, and performance


The following are 3 Free Chapters from the current, popular book, Ajax in Action:

Chapter 4: The Page as an Application:
www.manning-source.com/books/crane/crane_ch04.pdf
This 44-page chapter covers:
- Organizing complex user interface code
- Using the Model-View-Controller pattern with JavaScript
- Separating presentation from logic for maintainable code
- Creating a flexible event-handling mode
- Generating the user interface directly from your business objects

Chapter 7: Security and Ajax:
searchwebservices.techtarget.com/searchWebServices/downloads...
(zipped, pdf format)
This 19-page chapter covers:
- The Javascript security model
- Remote web services
- Protecting users' data on the Internet
- Protecting your Ajax data streams

Chapter 9: Dynamic Double Combo:
www.manning-source.com/books/crane/crane_ch09.pdf
This 38-page chapter covers:
- The client-side JavaScript
- The server side in VB .NET
- Data exchange format
- Refactoring into a reusable component
- Dynamic select boxes

Popularity: 5% [?]




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