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Book Description
How to create the next generation of cutting-edge web interfaces.
Ajax exploded on the scene in the Spring of 2005 when a web site defined the term and Google released Google Maps and GMail, powerful examples of what Ajax can do. Ajax uses familiar web technologies - DHTML, CSS, DOM, and JavaScript - in radically different ways resulting in a much richer user experience. The key to success lies in knowing how to orchestrate them as a coherent whole, splitting off parts of what is normally done by the server and putting it into the browser for instantaneous response to user input. Ajax allows a new breed of web applications with the rich expressiveness of desktop applications.
This book helps developers realize that promise - it explains the big picture and how to unlearn many old coding habits. It explains the design patterns and best practices to create a live interface for the user, not get in his way. It also discusses important Ajax issues- how to make good use of network bandwidth, and how to identify, and avoid, common Ajax pitfalls. The book is aimed at all web developers with prior experience in web technologies, independent of the server technologies used. Examples of server code in the book are in Java and .NET.
The authors are Ajax developers with considerable depth of experience. They are bloggers and JavaRanch moderators.

Synopsis
How to create the next generation of cutting-edge web interfaces. Ajax exploded on the scene in the Spring of 2005 when a web site defined the term and Google released Google Maps and GMail, powerful examples of what Ajax can do. Ajax uses familiar web technologies - DHTML, CSS, DOM, and JavaScript - in radically different ways resulting in a much richer user experience. The key to success lies in knowing how to orchestrate them as a coherent whole, splitting off parts of what is normally done by the server and putting it into the browser for instantaneous response to user input. Ajax allows a new breed of web applications with the rich expressiveness of desktop applications. This book helps developers realize that promise - it explains the big picture and how to unlearn many old coding habits. It explains the design patterns and best practices to create a live interface for the user, not get in his way. It also discusses important Ajax issues: how to make good use of network bandwidth, and how to identify, and avoid, common Ajax pitfalls. The book is aimed at all web developers with prior experience in web technologies, independent of the server technologies used.

Examples of server code in the book are in Java and .NET. The authors are Ajax developers with considerable depth of experience. They are bloggers and JavaRanch moderators.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   4 of 5 people found the following review helpful: Part One - not impressed, 20 April 2007 By  Duncan Green "Software Professional" (London, UK) - See all my reviews    I have just read through the first part of this book and learned virtually nothing in 116 pages. Part One - Rethinking the Web Application Chapter 1 - A new design for the web, 27 pages. This is an overview of Ajax that is so trivial as to be insulting and can be safely skipped unless you've been living on the moon recently. Chapter 2 - First steps with Ajax, 37 pages. A frustratingly wordy and paper thin introduction to the ajax technologies of Javascript, CSS, DOM and XmlHTTPRequest. It even includes a recap on HTTP! Skip most of this chapter unless you're a complete novice. Chapter 3 - Introducing order to Ajax, 47 pages. This chapter demonstrates perfectly the very worst form of bloat in technical books today. It has little to do with Ajax. Not only do Design Patterns receive a very undignified roughing up (a confused half page on Facade for example) but a woefully inaccurate account of Refactoring is levered in for good measure. This latter definition includes no mention of automated unit tests (JSUnit?) and suggests that Refactoring is nothing more than 'changing stuff' (hack hack hack). A not bad section on MVC follows. The chapter is rounded off with a frustratingly short section (11 pages) on Ajax frameworks. So far definitely not worth the money! If you don't find a review of Part Two at some point, assume I've hacked my own head off with a rusty saw.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: An Excellent Book On Ajax, 15 Jun 2007 By  Tom "- Java Consultant" (Nottingham) - See all my reviews This book is the best there is on Ajax, Its got a few bad points such as being a bit bloated, maybe a 50-100 pages longer then it should have been. Apart from that I really liked the book as its the only complete reference on ajax out there. The writing style in my mind is pretty straight forward and easy to understand, covers a wide variety of languages Myelf being a consultant I found this invaluable as I use Java, .NET and few others. If your begining in Ajax get this book, if you already have maybe 12-18 months experiance look elsewhere. Unless you want a reference, then this will do that job.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   Good intro to Ajax principles and architecture, 6 April 2008 By  Thing with a hook - See all my reviews Looking for the latest DHTML tricks and Javascript libraries? You came to the wrong place: this was published in 2005. But I really liked this book. All you need is competence with HTML, CSS and Javascript, and Ajax in Action will help you understand what makes Ajax different from the traditional client-server architecture of web apps. It also introduces some design patterns and other basic considerations, e.g. cross browser issues. The second half of the book has several examples that illustrate what Ajax can buy you. If you're already doing Ajax, there's not likely to be much here of any practical value, and a lot of the basic issues have been finessed away with the more common Javascript libraries. But if you're looking for a higher-level overview of the principles of Ajax and the issues involved in delivering the Ajax experience across browsers, this is still very relevant. Reading Ajax in Action is not going to make you an expert. But this (or something like Head Rush Ajax is a very good introduction.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you?