Published on 2006-10-17 00:46:33

AJAX: Creating Web Pages with Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Bruce Perens Open Source)
by Edmond Woychowsky

Reviewed today on Slashdot Creating Web Pages With Ajax, written by Edmond Woychowsky and published by Prentice Hall PTR. One of the very good introductory books on learning the basics of Ajax. The book cover in its 390 pages all the necessary topics to deal with AJAX from CSS, Javascript, XML, web services, database ... with real examples and code explaining the different techniques. There is also two chapters on Ruby on Rails, but the book is useful for all other scripting languages without exceptions.

Asynchronous Javascript And Xml, popularly known as Ajax, is a combination of Javascript, XML and some coding on the server side. Even though this technology existed for years, many believe it was Google which brought it to the front by implementing it on its sites and thus raising it to the cult status it enjoys now. There is something magical in seeing a website update its content without reloading the whole page, which is the visual essence of Ajax

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