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Foundations of Ajax

Foundations of Ajax Author: Ray Asleson Nathaniel T. Schutta Publisher: Apress Published: 2006 Pages: 273

Foundations of Ajax

Foundations of Ajax Chapters

Foundations of Ajax Chapters

1. Introducing Ajax
   • A Short History of Web Applications
   • Browser History
   • The Evolution of Web Applications
   • The Usability Question
   • The Skill Set
   • Usage
   • Design Considerations
2. Using the XMLHttpRequest Object
   • Overview of the XMLHttpRequest Object
   • Methods and Properties
   • An Example Interaction
   • GET vs. POST
   • Remote Scripting
   • How to Send a Simple Request
   • DOM Level 3 Load and Save
   • The DOM
3. Communicating with the Server: Sending Requests and Processing Responses
   • Processing the Server Response
   • Sending Request Parameters
4. Implementing Basic Ajax Techniques
   • Performing Validation
   • Reading Response Headers
   • Dynamically Loading List Boxes
   • Creating an Autorefresh Page
   • Siaplying a Progress Bar
   • Creating Tooltips
   • Dynamically Updating a Web Page
   • Accessing Web Services
   • Providing Autocomplete
5. Building the Ultimate Ajax Developer's Toolbox
   • Documenting JavaScript Code with JSDoc
   • Validating HTML Content with Firefox Extensions
   • Searcing for Nodes Using DOM Inspector
   • Performing JavaScript Syntax Checking with JSLint
   • Performing JavaScript Compression and Obfuscation
   • Using the Web Developer Extension for Firefox
   • Implementing Advanced JavaScript Techniques
     • Object-Oriented JavaScript via the prototype Property
     • Private Properties and Information Hiding with JavaScript
     • Classical Inheritance in JavaScript
     • Putting it All Together
6. Testing JavaScript with JsUnit
   • Rising to the JavaScript Challenge
     • Introducing the Test-First Approach
     • Introducing JUnit
   • Exploring JsUnit
     • Getting Started
     • Writing Tests
     • Running Tests
     • Using Standard and Custom Query Strings
     • Working with JsUnit Server
     • Getting Help
     • What Else Can You Use?
7. Exploring JavaScript Debugging Tools and Techniques
   • Debugging Ajax Requests with Greasemonkey
     • Introducing Greasemonkey
     • Using an XMLHttpRequest Debugging User Script for Greasemonkey
     • Inspecting Ajax Requests and Responses with the XMLHttpRequest Debugging User Script
   • Debugging JavaScript
     • Using Firefox JavaScript Console
     • Using Microsoft Script Debugger
     • Using Venkman
8. Putting it All Together
   • Introducing Patterns
     • Implementing the Fade Anything Technique (FAT)
     • Implementing Auto Refresh
     • Implementing a Partial Page Paint
     • Implementing a Draggable DOM
   • Avoiding Common Gotchas
   • Leaving Where to Go for More
   • Using a Framework
   • Introducing Taconite
     • The Theory of Taconite
     • The Solution
     • What Does Taconite Do with the Content?
   • Introducing Dashboard Applications
   • Building the Ajax Dashboard with Taconite
     • Introducing the General Features
     • Introudcing the Design Features
     • Analyzing the Code
     • Analyzing the Weather Forecast Component
     • Analyzing the Headline News Component
     • How Does the Automatic Refreshing Work?
     • Buidling a Better Autocomplete

Foundations of Ajax Appendices

1. Developing Cross-Browser JavaScript
   • Appending Rows to a Table
   • Setting an Element's Style Via JavaScript
   • Setting an Element's class Attribute
   • Creating Input Elements
   • Adding Event Handlers to Input Elements
   • Creating Radio Buttons
2. Introducing Ajax Frameworks
   • Browser-Side Frameworks
     • DoJo
     • Rico
     • qooxdoo
     • TIBET
     • Flash / JavaScript Integration Kit
     • Google AJAXSLT
     • libXmlRequest
     • RSLite
     • SACK
     • sarrisa
     • XHConn
   • Server-Side Frameworks
     • CPAINT
     • Sajax
     • JSON/JSON-RPC
     • Direct Web Remoting
     • SWATO
     • Java Blueprints
     • Ajax.Net
     • Microsoft's Project Atlas
     • Ruby on Rails
3. Index