Product Overview
Build interactive Web applications with Ajax
Create live searches and online spreadsheets
Discover programming mistakes to avoid!
Create blazing-fast Web applications with powerful Ajax
If you think that mastering Ajax is too difficult, guess again. You can create Web applications that look and feel like desktop apps in less time than you think with the comprehensive Ajax instruction in this in-depth book. You'll find easy-to-follow tutorials, hundreds of tips and tricks, and so much practical information that even skilled developers will reach for this book first. Let this Bible be your guide as you jump into the hottest Web programming technology in years.
* Master the fundamentals--JavaScript(r), XML, dynamic HTML, and CSS
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Tie Ajax into Google with the Google(r) API
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Handle simultaneous XMLHttpRequest objects in Ajax
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Use Ajax frameworks such as Ruby on Rails, AjaxTags, and others
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Understand the Document Object Model (DOM)
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Create floating menus and effects with CSS
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Encrypt data over plain HTTP using JavaScript
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Adapt real-world examples to your own programs
Companion Web site
Find all the code used throughout the book at www.wiley.com/go/ajaxbible
