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Sams Teach Yourself Ajax in 10 Minutes is a concise introduction to the basics of building Ajax applications and the architecture and operation of these applications. You will learn the techniques employed in using Ajax, introducing Ajax and explaining how it may be used to solve realistic user interface problems. You will be able to immediately begin building web applications, and will have platform from which to explore more advanced aspects of Ajax.
Introduction 1
PART I A Refresher on Web Technologies
1 Anatomy of a Website 5
2 Writing Web Pages in HTML 13
3 Sending Requests Using HTTP 27
4 Client-Side Coding Using JavaScript 36
5 Server-Side Programming in PHP 53
6 A Brief Introduction to XML 61
PART II Introducing Ajax
7 Anatomy of an Ajax Application 70
8 The XMLHTTPRequest Object 80
9 Talking with the Server 91
10 Using the Returned Data 102
11 Our First Ajax Application 112
PART III More Complex Ajax Technologies
12 Returning Data as Text 123
13 AHAH--Asynchronous HTML and HTTP 131
14 Returning Data as XML 142
15 Web Services and the REST Protocol 157
16 Web Services Using SOAP 166
17 A JavaScript Library for Ajax 173
18 Ajax "Gotchas" 184
PART IV Commercial and Open Source Ajax Resources
19 The prototype.js Toolkit 193
20 Using Rico 203
21 Using ZOAD 215
Index 224