Ajax Construction Kit: Building Plug-and-Play Ajax Applications

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作者：Michael Morrison
出版日期：July 9, 2007
出版社：Prentice Hall
页数：312
ISBN：ISBN-10: 0132350084 ISBN-13: 978-0132350082
文件格式：CHM


Product Description
Supercharge Your Sites with Ajax Right Now…No Scripting Expertise Needed!
You’ve heard how great Ajax is–how it can helpmake your Web sites more usable, more interactive, more responsive,more successful. Ajax Construction Kit lets you put Ajax to work right now, evenif you’ve never written a script! Just learn a few essentials, checkout a few examples, then run the live CD and discover all theplug-and-play code you need to hit the ground running. Ajax Construction Kit’sbuilt-in applications work right out of the box. And with easy guidancefrom Michael Morrison, you’ll gradually deepen your understanding–learnhow to customize, extend, and reuse these applications—and even buildskills for creating new ones. Walk away an expert.

Use Ajax Construction Kit’s ten complete applications to

• Dynamically load Web data
• Dynamically populate lists
• Tap into RSS news feeds
• Use AutoComplete to reduce input errors
• Create more responsive GUIs with real-time validation
• Build a killer interface for viewing images
• Present information or advertising with slick pop-ups
• Provide an up-to-the-minute weather forecast
• Build an e-commerce product shipping calculator
• Add ratings tools to your site
  

And more…

About the Author
Michael Morrison is a writer,developer, toy inventor, and author of a variety of books coveringtopics such as Java, Web scripting, game development, and mobiledevices. Some of Michael’s notable writing projects include JavaScript Bible, 6th Edition (Wiley, 2006), Teach Yourself HTML and CSS in 24 Hours, 7th Edition (Sams Publishing, 2005), Beginning Mobile Phone Game Programming (Sams Publishing, 2004), and Java Unleashed (SamsPublishing, 1997). Michael is the instructor of several Web-basedcourses, including DigitalThink’s Introduction to Java 2 series,JavaBeans for Programmers series, and Win32 Programming series(www.digitalthink.com). In addition to his primary profession as awriter and technical consultant, Michael is the founder of StalefishLabs (www.stalefishlabs.com), an entertainment company specializing ingames, toys, and interactive media. When not glued to his computer,skateboarding, playing hockey, or watching movies with his wife,Masheed, Michael enjoys hanging out by his koi pond.