Professional Rich Internet Applications: AJAX and Beyond

by Dana Moore; Raymond Budd; Edward Benson

• ISBN13: 9780470149720
• ISBN10: 0470149728
• Copyright: 2007-06-01
• Publisher: Wrox

Summary

Through the use of hands-on examples and case studies to explain complex technologies, this comprehensive book takes AJAX, Ruby on Rails, and Flash to the next level by combining them into a framework for developing rich Internet applications Walks readers through using all aspects of each application, looking at the overall architecture and then breaking down the client-side and server-side technologies, while still maintaining a focus on the desired functionality of an application Also includes coverage of such various technologies as DHTML, JavaScript, XSLT, Java, Python, PHP, and moreThis book is also available as part of the 4-book JavaScript and Ajax Wrox Box (ISBN: 0470227818). This 4-book set includes: Professional JavaScript for Web Developers (ISBN: 0764579088) Professional Ajax 2nd edition (ISBN: 0470109491) Professional Web 2.0 Programming (ISBN: 0470087889) Professional Rich Internet Applications: Ajax and Beyond (ISBN: 0470082801)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

An Introduction to RIAs

What Characterizes Rich Internet Applications?

RIA Foundations

The Programmable Web: The Mashup Ecosystem

Getting Started: Creating Your First RIA

RIAs Explored

Debugging the Client Side

The Model-View-Controller (MVC) Pattern

JavaScript Library Survey

Compiling to JavaScript

An Introduction to ideaStax

RIA Development in Depth

Form Validation

Form Usability

Drag and Drop

User Interaction, Effects, and Animation

Tagging and Rating (I): Creating an Infrastructure

Tagging and Rating (II): Using Social Capability

Advanced Selected Topics

Providing an API

RIA Widgets

Rich Immersive Environments

Appendix

Appendix: Dojo Validation Functions and Flags

Index

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