wrox press professional ajax 2nd (2007)

[...]... 416 419 424 427 Ajax. NET Professional 427 Using Ajax. NET Professional Type Conversion Session Access Ajax. NET Professional Example Summary of Ajax. NET Professional Summary Chapter 14: ASP.NET AJAX Extensions (Atlas) Requirements and Setup The AJAX Client Library Accessing the Client Tools with ASP NET Accessing the Client Tools without ASP NET Using Classes Writing Code with the ASP NET AJAX Library Using... creating Ajax widgets that can be included in your web site 13 Ajax Frameworks Covers three Ajax frameworks: JPSPAN for PHP, DWR for Java/JSP, and Ajax. NET for the NET framework Each of these frameworks attempts to automate some part of the Ajax development process 14 ASP.NET AJAX Extensions (Atlas) Introduces ASP.NET AJAX Extensions (formerly called Atlas) and how they can simplify the creation of Ajax. .. explores how to manage all of the requests inside of an Ajax application Ajax debugging techniques are also discussed, including the popular FireBug and Fiddler utilities The last part of the book walks through the creation of two full-fledged Ajax web applications The first, FooReader.NET, is an Ajax- powered RSS reader The second, called AjaxMail, is an Ajax- enabled email system Both of these applications... Second Edition (Wiley 2004) and Professional JavaScript for Web Developers (Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2005) What This Book Covers Professional Ajax provides a developer-level tutorial of Ajax techniques, patterns, and use cases The book begins by exploring the roots of Ajax, covering how the evolution of the web and new technologies directly led to the development of Ajax techniques A detailed discussion... in the text box and pressing Enter The LiveSearch Ajax functionality is just an enhancement to the overall site and isn’t required to search 12 What Is Ajax? Figure 1-7 Confusion and Controversy Despite the popularity of the term Ajax, it has been met with its fair share of dissenters and controversy Some believe that Ajax is an aberration of what the Web was moving toward before Ajax entered the picture... easiest to search by ISBN; this book’s ISBN is 978-0-471-0949-6 Once you download the code, just decompress it with your favorite compression tool Alternately, you can go to the main Wrox code download page at http://www .wrox. com/dynamic/books/ download.aspx to see the code available for this book and all other Wrox books See Appendix A for more information about what’s included with the code download for... traditional and Ajax web application models Traditional Web Application Model Web Browser HTML, Images, CSS, JavaScript Data HTTP Request Query/Data Request Database Web Server Ajax Web Application Model Web Browser HTML, CSS Data Data HTTP Request Query/Data Request Ajax Engine User Interface JavaScript Call Database Web Server Figure 1-1 5 Chapter 1 Ajax Principles As a new web application model, Ajax is... is being sent back to the Ajax engine The examples in this book make use of as many server-side technologies as possible to give you enough information to set up Ajax communication systems on a variety of servers Most of the examples covered in the book are available in PHP, JSP, and ASP.NET versions at www .wrox. com Who Is Using Ajax? A number of commercial web sites use Ajax techniques to improve... as to when each should be used 3 Ajax Patterns Focuses on design patterns using Ajax There are a variety of ways to incorporate Ajax into web sites and web applications; these have been organized into a handful of design patterns that describe best practices for Ajax incorporation 4 Ajax Libraries Explores three popular Ajax libraries: the Yahoo! Connection Manager, Prototype, and jQuery The different... www .wrox. com/contact/techsupport shtml and complete the form there to send us the error you have found We’ll check the information and, if appropriate, post a message to the book’s errata page and fix the problem in subsequent editions of the book p2p .wrox. com For author and peer discussion, join the P2P forums at p2p .wrox. com The forums are a Web-based system for you to post messages relating to Wrox . Professional 427 Using Ajax. NET Professional 427 Type Conversion 429 Session Access 430 Ajax. NET Professional Example 431 Summary of Ajax. NET Professional 436 Summary 436 Chapter 14: ASP.NET AJAX Extensions. Nicholas C. Professional Ajax / Nicholas C. Zakas, Jeremy McPeak, Joe Fawcett. 2nd ed. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN-13: 978-0-470-10949-6 (paper/website) ISBN-10: 0-470-10949-1 (paper/website) 1. Ajax. xv Chapter 1: What Is Ajax? 1 Ajax Is Born 2 The Evolution of the Web 2 JavaScript 2 Frames 3 The Hidden Frame Technique 3 Dynamic HTML and the DOM 3 Iframes 4 XMLHttp 4 The Real Ajax 5 Ajax Principles