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Lynda.com AJAX Crash Cours by SitePoint

Posted by IDM under Ajax, Development for Web, Video Training

In The AJAX Crash Course, published by SitePoint, instructor Kevin Yank explores the many technologies that come together in AJAX applications. These technologies include the Document Object Model (DOM), Extensible Markup Language (XML), JavaScript, and XMLHttpRequest (XHR). Along with providing an application tour, Kevin explains how to make intelligent decisions about which of these tools to use, and gives hands-on examples of how to apply them.

Ajax Training (CD-ROM)

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Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX [Total Training]

Posted by IDM under Ajax, Development for Web, Dot NET, Video Training

Build rich, dynamic, and interactive web applications with the Microsoft AJAX Library. This video series, presented by Asli Bilgin, explores not only the slick user interface controls, but goes deeper into the backbone of a web application. You’ll also learn how to work with security, data access, and services orientation so that you can build a robust end-to-end application using Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX and the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit.
* Develop service oriented client callable web services with ASP.NET AJAX
* Leverage the powerful ASP.NET authentication & profiling services from ASP.NET AJAX
* Create interactive webpages using Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX and the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit.
* Learn how to enhance existing webpages using AJAX controls.
* Discover how to access remote services and data without writing complex scripts.

Ajax on Rails

Posted by IDM under Ajax

Book Description
Learn to build dynamic, interactive web applications using the two most important approaches to web development today: Ajax and the phenomenally efficient Ruby on Rails platform. This book teaches intermediate to advanced web developers how to use both Ajax and Rails to quickly build high-performance, scalable applications without being overwhelmed with thousands of lines of JavaScript code. More than just recipes, you also get a thorough, low-level understanding of what’s happening under the hood.

* Ajax on Rails includes three fully worked out Rails/Ajax applications, and quick reference sections for Prototype and script.aculo.us.
* Testing lessons show you how to eliminate cross-browser JavaScript errors and DOM debugging nightmares using a combination of Firebug, and Venkman.
* Advanced material explains the most current design practices for Ajax usability. You’ll learn to avoid user experience mistakes with proven design patterns.

Ajax Patterns and Best Practices

Posted by bandr under Ajax

Ajax Patterns and Best Practices

Ajax is taking us into the next generation of web applications. Ajax has broken the client-server barrier by decoupling the client from the server, but an Ajax application still needs a server to extract content from. The most effective use of Ajax and the server requires an understanding of REST, an architectural style used to define Web services.

Beginning Google Maps Applications with Rails and Ajax

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Beginning Google Maps Applications with Rails and Ajax

Product Description

The Google Maps API remains one of the showcase examples of the Web 2.0 development paradigm. Beginning Google Maps Applications with Rails and Ajax: From Novice to Professional is the first book to comprehensively introduce the service from a developer perspective, showing you how you can integrate mapping features into your Rails-driven web applications.

Proceeding far beyond simplistic map display, youll learn how to draw from a variety of data sources such as the U.S. Census Bureaus TIGER/Line data and Googles own geocoding feature to build comprehensive geocoding services for mapping many locations around the world.