Advanced Ajax: Architecture and Best Practices

by Shawn M. Lauriat

Book Overview

This text covers the more advanced concepts in using Ajax, from application architecture to detailed examination of using the HTTP protocol as a performance advantage. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131350641
• ISBN13: 9780131350649
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A vast range of customization resources.

College-level and advanced computer holdings catering to Ajax developers and web programmers will find here an excellent guide to building business-quality web sites, covering the design and development issues associated with Ajax and offering patterns and code examples unavailable elsewhere. From planning Ajax interfaces for clear and smooth functions to using the best tools to debug code and achieve maximum security, ADVANCED AJAX covers many topics beginning books won't, and provides web programmers with a vast range of customization resources. Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch

Incredibly useful--worth reading a couple times through

This book is a rarity--a sort of architectural cookbook. The author takes a very careful, calculated approach to a topic that has become a buzzword--lending itself to gross overuse just for the sake of doing so. The running thoughts throughout this book are to keep AJAX design unobtrusive, accessible (has a very good Section 508 introduction), segmented/modular, and easily maintainable. It even has a single chapter dedicated to security that was more useful than an entire book I read on the subject. I highly recommend this for any developer working with JavaScript, AJAX, or Silverlight. Even with its PHP/MySQL flavor, the philosophies and practices the author shares are applicable to any platform, and they are dead on--simply the right way to design and implement AJAX solutions.