For.Dummies.Ajax.For.Dummies.Feb.2006

This book gives you the whole Ajax story, from soup to nuts. It starts with a
tour of how Ajax is used today, taking a look at some cutting-edge applica-
tions (as well as some games). Then, because Ajax is based on using
JavaScript in the browser, there’s a chapter on how to use JavaScript (if you
already know JavaScript, feel free to skip that material).

Then the book plunges into Ajax itself, creating Ajax applications from
scratch, from the beginning level to the most advanced. And you’ll see how
to put many of the free Ajax frameworks, which do the programming for you,
to work. Because Ajax also often involves using XML, Cascading Style Sheets
(CSS), and server-side programming (using PHP in this book), there’s also a
chapter on each of these topics.