Understanding AJAX: Using JavaScript to Create Rich Internet Applications

• Part I: (Ajax Basics)
• Part II: (Libraries, example)
• Appendix A. JavaScript AJAX Libraries
• Appendix B. AJAX Libraries with Server Ties
• Appendix C. JavaScript DHTML Libraries

• Part I: (Ajax Basics)
  • What Is AJAX?
    • Rich Internet Applications
    • AJAX Defined
    • Technologies of AJAX
    • Remote Scripting
    • Gmail Brings XMLHttpRequest into the Mainstream
    • New Name: AJAX
    • Summary
  • Getting Started
    • XMLHttpRequest Overview
    • Cross-Browser XMLHttpRequest
    • Sending Asynchronous Requests
    • AJAX Without XMLHttpRequest
    • Fallback Option 1: Sending a Request Using an IFrame
    • Fallback Option 2: Sending a Request Using a Cookie
    • Summary
  • Consuming the Sent Data
    • Document-Centric Approaches
    • Remote Scripting
    • How to Decide on a Request Type
    • Summary
  • Adding AJAX to Your Web Development Process
    • Changes to the Development Cycle
    • Integrating AJAX into a Framework
    • JavaScript as a Primary Development Language
    • Problems Created by the New Development Paradigm
    • Advantages to Using a Library
    • Reasons to Build Your Own Library
    • How Open Source Fits into the Mix
    • Use Case for Building: The Firefox Counter
    • Use Case for Downloading: An Intranet Web Site
    • Summary
  • Getting the Most from AJAX
    • Goals of AJAX
    • Measuring Improvements
    • Promises and Problems of Combining AJAX with Other New Technologies
    • Summary
  • Usability Guidelines
    • Defining Usability
    • Usability Guidelines
    • Common Usability Problems
    • Summary
  • AJAX Debugging Guide
    • Two Sides to Debugging
    • Looking at AJAX Communications
    • JavaScript Debugging Tools
    • JavaScript Exceptions
    • Dumping Variables
    • Summary
• Part II: (Libraries, example)
  • Libraries Used in Part II: Sarissa, Scriptaculous
    • Overview of the Use Cases
    • Libraries Used in Part II of This Book
    • Sarissa
    • Scriptaculous
    • Summary
  • Libraries Used in Part II: HTML_AJAX
    • HTML_AJAX
    • Summary
  • Speeding Up Data Display
    • Overview of the Sun Rise and Set Data Viewer
    • Building the Non-AJAX Version of the Sun Rise and Set Viewer
    • Problems with the Non-AJAX Viewer
    • Improving Viewing with AJAX
    • Summary
  • Adding an AJAX Login to a Blog
    • Why Logins Work Well with AJAX
    • Building an AJAX Login
    • Extending the Login Form
    • Implementing the AJAX Comment Login System Using XML
    • Summary
  • Building a Trouble-Ticket System
    • Trouble-Ticketing System
    • AJAX Reliance Scale
    • Creating the Back End
    • Exporting the Back End
    • Building the JavaScript Application
    • Login Component
    • User-Registration Component
    • Account-Editing Component
    • Ticket-Creation Component
    • Ticket-Editor Component
    • My-Tickets Component
    • Assign-Tickets Component
    • Security Considerations with AJAX Applications
    • Comparing Our AJAX-Driven Application against a Standard MVC Model
    • Summary
• Appendix A. JavaScript AJAX Libraries
  • AJAX Toolbox
  • Bajax
  • Dojo Toolkit
  • libXmlRequest
  • MochiKit
  • Rico
  • Simple AJAX Code-Kit (SACK)
  • ThyAPI
  • Qooxdoo
  • XHConn
  • Yahoo! User Interface Library
• Appendix B. AJAX Libraries with Server Ties
  • PHP
  • Java
  • C#/.NET
  • Multiple Languages
• Appendix C. JavaScript DHTML Libraries
  • Accesskey Underlining Library (AUL)
  • Behaviour
  • cssQuery()
  • Dean Edwards IE7
  • DOM-Drag
  • JavaScript Shell
  • Lightbox JS
  • Moo.fx
  • Nifty Corners Cube
  • overLIB
  • Sorttable
  • Tooltip.js
  • WZ_jsgraphics
  • WZ_dragdrop