Product DescriptionAjax in Practice provides example-rich coverage of Ajax packed with ready-to-use code and practical recipes for common and not-so-common tasks. Ajax developers now face the move from Ajax-as-theory to Ajax-in-practice. Ajax in Practice guides web developers through the transition from learning about Ajax to successfully applying Ajax-driven techniques in real-world development scenarios.
Ajax gives web developers the potential to create rich user-centered internet applications. But Ajax also adds a new level of complexity and sophistication to those applications. Ajax in Practice tackles Ajax head-on, providing countless hands-on techniques and tons of reusable code to address the specific issues developers face when building Ajax-driven solutions.
After a brief overview of Ajax, this book takes the reader through dozens of working examples, all presented in an easy-to-use cookbook format. Readers will learn how to implement drag-and-drop interfaces and will discover how to create effective nagigation strategies for their applications. Unlike a traditional cookbook, though, Ajax in Practice provides a thorough discussion of each technique presented and shows how the individual components can be connected to create powerful solutions. A fun 'mash-up' chapter concludes the book. Throughout Ajax in Practice, the examples chosen are interesting, entertaining, and practical.
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Rating: - Practical Ajax Knowledge
This book by Dave Crane, Bear Bibeault and Jord Sonneveld aims to be of a second-generation Ajax book. It should go beyond just explaining the technology and explore in details the different client-side Ajax technologies and show what you can do with them. The target audience is a developer that has already a background of developing web applications and a basic knowledge of JavaScript. I can say that the book achieves its goals and provides practical concepts and code excerpts that can be readily ... Read More
Rating: - Buggy code
The code for the very first example in the book (listing 1.1) is wrong, and the forum at the book's website seems to be abandoned (someone pointed out the problem nine months ago, but was never answered). There seem to be other problems with the code as well.
Rating: - Practical recipes for improving your Ajax programs
Ajax is Practice is kind-of the follow-up book on Ajax in Action. Ajax in Action provided the basic fundamental things to know about Ajax. Ajax in Practice goes beyond that and gives you very concrete code snippets and explanation on how to "do things". It's concrete, practical and well-written.
The book is split into 2 different parts. The first part introduces the Ajax fundamentals, Javascript, JSON, XML, XSLT and the Prototype library. The prototype library is used throughout ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent Introduction to AJAX
A lot of programming books, particularly in the Open Source world, are written by people who pinch their noses and jump into the deep end. Some of them can't swim themselves, and others pull unwary victims into the depths where everyone perishes. OK, so maybe my diving analogy has gone too far, but I'll stay with it for just a moment longer. The authors of Ajax in Practice, in contrast, run a dive shop where everyone learns and everyone passes the PADI exam. This is thanks to a style of writing which ... Read More
Rating: - make this your second AJAX book
The back cover says that "Ajax in Practice" is a "second generation" book. The book covers a mix of problem/solution descriptions for common problems, Ajax tips and advanced JavaScript techniques. The cookbook style is useful if you are trying to implement a specific Ajax effect. The book touches on a number of libraries/toolkits where appropriate. It also covers integrating with existing Ajax libraries.
The book assumes you know basic JavaScript, CSS and HTML. If you are new to Ajax, ... Read More
- Buggy code
- Excellent Introduction to AJAX
