Teach Yourself Ajax in 10 Minutes

• A Refresher on Web Technologies
• Introducing Ajax
• More Complex Ajax Technologies
• Commercial and Open Source Ajax Resources

• A Refresher on Web Technologies
  • Lesson 1. Anatomy of a Website
  • A Short History of the Web
  • Workings of the World Wide Web
  • Summary
  • Lesson 2. Writing Web Pages in HTML
  • Introducing HTML
  • Elements of an HTML Page
  • A More Advanced HTML Page
  • Some Useful HTML Tags
  • Cascading Style Sheets in Two Minutes
  • Summary
  • Lesson 3. Sending Requests Using HTTP
  • Introducing HTTP
  • The HTTP Request and Response
  • HTML Forms
  • Summary
  • Lesson 4. Client-Side Coding Using JavaScript
  • About JavaScript
  • In at the Deep End
  • Manipulating Data in JavaScript
  • Summary
  • Lesson 5. Server-Side Programming in PHP
  • Introducing PHP
  • Embedding PHP in HTML Pages
  • Variables in PHP
  • Controlling Program Flow
  • Summary
  • Lesson 6. A Brief Introduction to XML
  • Introducing XML
  • XML Basics
  • JavaScript and XML
  • The Document Object Model (DOM)
  • Summary
• Introducing Ajax
  • Lesson 7. Anatomy of an Ajax Application
  • The Need for Ajax
  • Introducing Ajax
  • The Constituent Parts of Ajax
  • Putting It All Together
  • Summary
  • Lesson 8. The XMLHTTPRequest Object
  • More About JavaScript Objects
  • Introducing XMLHTTPRequest
  • Creating the XMLHTTPRequest Object
  • Summary
  • Lesson 9. Talking with the Server
  • Sending the Server Request
  • Monitoring Server Status
  • The Callback Function
  • Summary
  • Lesson 10. Using the Returned Data
  • The responseText and responseXML Properties
  • Another Useful JavaScript DOM Property
  • Parsing responseXML
  • Providing User Feedback
  • Summary
  • Lesson 11. Our First Ajax Application
  • Constructing the Ajax Application
  • The HTML Document
  • Adding JavaScript
  • Putting It All Together
  • Summary
• More Complex Ajax Technologies
  • Lesson 12. Returning Data as Text
  • Getting More from the responseText Property
  • Summary
  • Lesson 13. AHAHAsynchronous HTML and HTTP
  • Introducing AHAH
  • Creating a Small Library for AHAH
  • Using myAHAHlib.js
  • Summary
  • Lesson 14. Returning Data as XML
  • Adding the "x" to Ajax
  • The responseXML Property
  • ProjectAn RSS Headline Reader
  • Summary
  • Lesson 15. Web Services and the REST Protocol
  • Introduction to Web Services
  • RESTRepresentational State Transfer
  • Using REST in Practice
  • REST and Ajax
  • Summary
  • Lesson 16. Web Services Using SOAP
  • Introducing SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)
  • The SOAP Protocol
  • Using Ajax and SOAP
  • Reviewing SOAP and REST
  • Summary
  • Lesson 17. A JavaScript Library for Ajax
  • An Ajax Library
  • Reviewing myAHAHlib.js
  • Implementing Our Library
  • Using the Library
  • Extending the Library
  • Summary
  • Lesson 18. Ajax "Gotchas"
  • Common Ajax Errors
  • The Back Button
  • Bookmarking and Links
  • Telling the User That Something Is Happening
  • Making Ajax Degrade Elegantly
  • Dealing with Search Engine Spiders
  • Pointing Out Active Page Elements
  • Don't Use Ajax Where It's Inappropriate
  • Security
  • Test Code Across Multiple Platforms
  • Ajax Won't Cure a Bad Design
  • Some Programming Gotchas
  • Summary
• Commercial and Open Source Ajax Resources
  • Lesson 19. The prototype.js Toolkit
  • Introducing prototype.js
  • Wrapping XMLHTTPRequestthe Ajax Object
  • Example ProjectStock Price Reader
  • Summary
  • Lesson 20. Using Rico
  • Introducing Rico
  • Rico's Other Interface Tools
  • Summary
  • Lesson 21. Using XOAD
  • Introducing XOAD
  • XOAD HTML
  • Advanced Programming with XOAD
  • Summary