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Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: APRESS (20 Oct 2006)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1590596676
ISBN-13: 978-1590596678
Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 17.8 x 2 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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Ajax breathes new life into web applications by transparently communicating and manipulating data in conjunction with a server-based technology. Of all the server-based technologies capable of working in conjunction with Ajax, perhaps none are more suitable than PHP, the world's most popular scripting language. Beginning Ajax with PHP: From Novice to Professional is the first book to introduce how these two popular technologies can work together to create next-generation applications. Author Lee Babin covers what you commonly encounter in daily web application development tasks, and shows you how to build PHP/AJAX-enabled solutions for forms validation, file upload monitoring, database-driven information display and manipulation, web services, Google Maps integration, and more. You'll learn how to     Take advantage of PHP and advanced JavaScript capabilities to create next-generation, highly responsive Web applications.     Enhance commonplace application tasks such as forms validation and tabular data display.     Manage cross-browser issues, ensuring your applications run on all major Web browsers.     Take advantage of the Google Maps API and add spatial mapping features to your website. You'll also be introduced to other key topics like conquering cross-platform issues, countering potential security holes, and testing and debugging JavaScript with efficiency. All examples are based on real-world scenarios, so you'll be able to apply what you learn to your own development situations.

About the Author

Lee Babin is a programmer based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada,
where he serves as the Chief Programmer for an innovative development firm
duly named The Code Shoppe. He has been developing complex web driven
applications since his graduation from DeVry University in early 2002 and
has since worked on over 50 custom websites and online applications.

Lee is married to a beautiful woman by the name of Dianne, who supports him
in his rather full yet rewarding work schedule. He enjoys video games,
working out, martial arts, and traveling, and can usually be found working
online on one of his many fun web projects at any given time.

While Lee has experience in a multitude of web programming languages, his
preference has always been PHP. With the release of PHP 5, many of his
wishes have been fulfilled.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Don't fear the script tags!, 23 Nov 2006

By	chris whittington (England) - See all my reviews

The book itself is pretty short and I can't really blame them. AJAX is simple and once you have a good javascript function for calling your server side code there isn't really much else left to talk about. The book tends to veer away from the AJAX and into other areas like web services. However I still recommend this book because the code is well explained and some of the functions are amazingly useful even if you don't use them with AJAX.
The file uploading section alone makes it worth buying!
I know the book is suppose to be just the beginning but even a bit more depth into the code that goes along side ajax (multi file uploading for instance) would have made this book a five star.
It makes a good start for javascript beginners and AJAX is a perfect example of why we shouldn't fear those script tags.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Less a reference than a book of code, 25 April 2008

By	A. Fraser (London, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I wouldn't recommend this book. Ajax itself is not a massively complex subject and there are plenty of broader javascript and php references which cover both Ajax and other topics. Therefore the book strays off Ajax and into a whole number of other topics which seem only to be included because of the slight relevance to the example being shown

Also the book comprises large chunks of code which go on for pages and pages. I think this is quite indicative of the lack of instructional quality of the book. In other books such sections would be consigned to an online reference, where, in my opinion, they should be.

Definitely not a "must have".

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad but definately not a reference book, 2 Aug 2007

By	A. Bruce "Bruce" (Manchester UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a good book or learning Ajax but should definetely not be used as a reference book.

The style basically takes you through leading by example so they have a chapter for a calendar application, a chapter for uploading files etc but the book does not really go into much detail on what the code is doing meaning that unless you're already savvy with PHP and Javascript, it would be quite difficult to learn from this book.

If you have some knowledge of PHP and Javascript, then this book is not a bad buy and isn't very expensive and could turn out to be useful and a great learning tool.

If you're not that familiar with PHP and/or Javascript, I'd suggest something else first and then maybe revisit this book later on.

All in all, not a bad book but I believe the 'example' approach will only work for half the readers, not all.

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