Ajax on Java

by Olson, Steven Douglas

• ISBN13: 9780596101879
• ISBN10: 0596101872
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-02-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

This hands-on book covers everything a Java developer needs to know to start building Ajax applications on Java -- without any lecturing or hype. With plenty of hands-on labs, this book teaches Java developers how to get up and running with Ajax for building efficient and responsive web applications, using examples that take advantage of Java servlets and XML. Instruction is also provided on setting up a development environment, picking a framework, and connecting a database. Later chapters cover projects that are more complex, including integration with Java Server Faces, Struts, Tapestry, and Cocoon.

Author Biography

Steven Olson has been a software developer for 20 years, starting in 1984 with ForTran, Pascal, Basic, and, later, C at a company called Signetics. In 1991, he went to work for Novell, writing C. He began dabbling in Java, and in 1995 was one of the first to join the Java development group at Novell. Since then, he has consulted or worked directly for eight other companies writing primarily in Java. Currently, he works for logoworks.com, where his programming adventures continue.

Table of Contents

Preface

Setup Requirements

Installing Tomcat

Installing Ant

JavaScript for Ajax Creating

the Application Running

the Example

A Simple Ajax Servlet Building and Deploying

the Ajax Application Running

the Example

XML and JSON for Ajax

The Character Decoder Setting Up a Simple XML Document

Back on the Client: Mining the XML Building

the Application Running

the Application on Tomcat Passing Data with JSON Summary

Getting Useful Data

Form Entry with Ajax Building a Suggestion Field

Ajax Libraries and Toolkits

Using the Dojo Toolkit

Using the Rico Toolkit

Using DWR with Ajax

Drag 'n' Drop with Scriptaculous and Prototype

Ajax Tags Creating

a Tag Library

Third-Party Tag Libraries

Ajax on Struts

Struts-Layout Adding Ajax to Struts with DWR Ajax with Struts: What Have We Learned Here?

JavaServer Faces and Ajax

The JSF Lifecycle

Writing a Custom JSF Component

Developing a Custom JSF Tag

Handling JSF Input by Extending Html Input Text

Writing the JSF Support for Ajax Summary

Google Web Toolkit

Getting Started with GWT

Debugging the Application

Fleshing Out the Application: The Client Supplying Services to the Client

Testing ZipCodes with the Service GWT Widgets

Index

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