Thursday, June 23, 2011

Top Rated Ajax Books




All the books listed here have at least a 4 star rating and have been reviewed by at least 10 reviewers. Some reviews are included.


  • Ajax in Action
    by Dave Crane, Eric Pascarello, Darren James
    Best AJAX Book Available Today:
    Ajax in Action by Dave Crane is the best Ajax book on the market today. With over 600 pages of content, this incredibly well-written text explains why Ajax is so powerful and how this simple programming feature (it really isn't difficult to learn at all) has changed web development forever. No longer are users and developers limited to a page reload world, as the power of this technology now has the ability to make the web work like regular applications. It's a trend that has been desired for a loooong time and boy does it ever deliver!!!
    Chapter Overview:
    
    01. Ajax background
    02. Learning to use Ajax
    03. Order with Ajax
    04. Pages as applications
    05. Serve role
    06. User experience
    07. Security and Ajax
    08. Ajax performance
    09. Dynamic double combo example
    10. Type ahead example
    11. Enhanced Ajax web portal
    12. Live search using XSLT
    13. Stand-Alone apps with Ajax
    

  • Professional Ajax (Programmer to Programmer) (Paperback)

    by Nicholas C. Zakas, Jeremy McPeak, Joe Fawcett
    The book does a good job academically of showing how Ajax has evolved (itself a debatable topic) and how it is used in modern-day applications. The book doesn't marry the reader to any one particular web development framework, effectively citing examples in PHP, .NET, and JavaServer Pages. Practically, the authors exhibit a proper mix of (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Dynamic HTML and XmlHttpRequests, showing how the technologies are blended for developing next-gen UIs.

  • AJAX and PHP: Building Responsive Web Applications (Paperback)
    by Cristian Darie, Bogdan Brinzarea, Filip Chereches-Tosa, Mihai Bucica
    AJAX and PHP by Example:This book teaches by example. The first few chapters introduce AJAX and what part PHP, Javascript and XML all play. Then the remainder of the book takes you through several example applications. The example apps are simple enough that you can easily follow. These applications include Form Validation, Chat, Suggest and Autocomplete, Charting with SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics), using grids, and Drag and Drop.

  • Ajax For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) (Paperback)
    by Steve Ph.D. Holzner
    Good coverage with some unique features: Ajax is obviously one of the hot web technologies these days, and now we have the Dummies title that covers it... Ajax for Dummies by Steve Holzner. While it might be easy to write this off as "just another Dummies book", I don't know that I'd be so hasty...
    Contents:
    Part 1 - Getting Started: Ajax 101; It's All About JavaScript
    Part 2 - Programming in Ajax: Getting to Know Ajax; Ajax in Depth
    Part 3 - Ajax Frameworks: Introducing Ajax Frameworks; More Powerful Ajax Frameworks; Server-Side Ajax Frameworks
    Part 4 - In-Depth Ajax Power: Handling XML in Ajax Applications; Working with Cascading Style Sheets in Ajax Applications; Working with Ajax and PHP
    Part 5 - The Part of Tens: Ten Ajax Design Issues You Should Know About; Ten Super-Useful Ajax Resources
    

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