AJAX: Creating Web Pages with Asynchronous JavaScript and XML

This book demonstrates how to build browser-based applications that function like desktop programs, using sophisticated server-aware approaches that give users information when they need it. You'll explore what can be done with Ajax to enhance sites and give them a Web 2.0 feel, and how additional JavaScript enhancements can turn a web browser and web site into a true application.

Once finishing this book, You'll not only learn how to write "functional" code, but also master design patterns for writing rocksolid, high-performance Ajax applications. You'll also learn how to use frameworks such as Ruby on Rails to get the job done fast. More details, you will

    Learn how Ajax works, how it evolved, and what it's good for
    Understand the flow of processing in Ajax applications
    Build Ajax applications with XML and the XMLHttpRequest object
    Integrate back-end code, from PHP to C#
    Use XSLT and XPath, including XPath Axis
    Develop client-side Ajax libraries to support code reuse
    Streamline development with Ruby on Rails and the Ruby programming language
    Use the cross-browser HTML DOM to update parts of a page
    Discover the best Ajax Web resources, including Ajax-capable JavaScript libraries

Title AJAX: Creating Web Pages with Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
Author(s) Edmond Woychowsky
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (August 18, 2006), eBook (Pearson Education, Inc., 2007)
Paperback 432 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 159059858X
ISBN-13: 978-1590598580
eBook: http://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/images/9780132272674/downloads/0132272679_Woychowsky_book.pdf

WordPress and Ajax: An In-depth Guide on Using Ajax with WordPress

The WordPress and Ajax e-book is a comprehensive view on using Ajax with WordPress. It covers Ajax like you've never seen before.

The book contains three real-life examples that provide the rationale and logic behind coding decisions, the reasons for Ajax's use, and the steps from inception to completion of the examples.

    Example 1: WP Grins Lite - We take a common and popular plugin and convert it to use Ajax for the loading of the smilies.
    Example 2: Static Random Posts - We take a common widget and add an Ajax function to it. This example will not only teach you how to create a widget, but also an admin panel, and Ajax functionality.
    Example 3: Ajax Registration Form - We take an ordinary registration form and perform data validation on it using Ajax.

Title WordPress and Ajax: An In-depth Guide on Using Ajax with WordPress
Author(s) Ronald Huereca, Vivien Anayian
Publisher: CreateSpace (January 13, 2011)
Paperback: 292 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10/ASIN: 1451598653
ISBN-13: 978-1451598650
eBook: http://wpajax.com/download

O'Reilly® Unobtrusive Ajax

 Unobtrusive Ajax is about making web applications that work for everyone all the time, even if you have JavaScript turned off, or you're using a mobile phone or a screen reader, or however you happen to be using the Web. It's about the separation of behavior (JavaScript), content (HTML), and presentation (CSS).

This short cut will focus on the practical benefits of using Ajax and JavaScript unobtrusively and show you that unobtrusive web development and progressive enhancement benefit both web developers and users of the Web. You'll get to see many simple examples of building web interfaces that are unobtrusive. You'll quickly see that it is actually very easy to make web applications that everyone can use.

When you're finished reading this book, you will be able to convince anyone why developing unobtrusively is the best way to build a site with JavaScript and Ajax.


    Title O'Reilly® Unobtrusive Ajax
    Author(s) Jesse Skinner
    Publisher: O'Reilly Media (2007)
    Language: English
    ISBN-13: 978-0596510244
    eBook: http://www.thefutureoftheweb.com/blog/free-book-unobtrusive-ajax

AJAX: Creating Web Pages with Asynchronous JavaScript and XML

This book demonstrates how to build browser-based applications that function like desktop programs, using sophisticated server-aware approaches that give users information when they need it. You'll explore what can be done with Ajax to enhance sites and give them a Web 2.0 feel, and how additional JavaScript enhancements can turn a web browser and web site into a true application.

Once finishing this book, You'll not only learn how to write "functional" code, but also master design patterns for writing rocksolid, high-performance Ajax applications. You'll also learn how to use frameworks such as Ruby on Rails to get the job done fast. More details, you will

    Learn how Ajax works, how it evolved, and what it's good for
    Understand the flow of processing in Ajax applications
    Build Ajax applications with XML and the XMLHttpRequest object
    Integrate back-end code, from PHP to C#
    Use XSLT and XPath, including XPath Axis
    Develop client-side Ajax libraries to support code reuse
    Streamline development with Ruby on Rails and the Ruby programming language
    Use the cross-browser HTML DOM to update parts of a page
    Discover the best Ajax Web resources, including Ajax-capable JavaScript libraries

Title AJAX: Creating Web Pages with Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
Author(s) Edmond Woychowsky
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (August 18, 2006), eBook (Pearson Education, Inc., 2007)
Paperback 432 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 159059858X
ISBN-13: 978-1590598580
eBook: Download

The Microsoft .NET Developer eBook - Sample

This eBook consists of 9 sample chapters from Microsoft .NET Development Series.

1.     Effective REST Services via .NET: For .NET Framework 3.5, By Kenn Scribner, Scott Seely
2.     The C# Programming Language, 3rd Edition, By Anders Hejlsberg, Mads Torgersen, Scott Wiltamuth, Peter Golde
3.     Essential Silverlight 3, By Ashraf Michail
4.     Essential LINQ, By Charlie Calvert, Dinesh Kulkarni
5.     Concurrent Programming on Windows, By Joe Duffy
6.     Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries, 2nd Edition, By Krzysztof Cwalina, Brad Abrams
7.     Visual Studio Tools for Office 2007: VSTO for Excel, Word, and Outlook, By Eric Carter, Eric Lippert
8.     ASP.NET AJAX Server Controls For .NET Framework 3.5, By Adam Calderon, Joel Rumerman
9.     Essential C# 3.0: For .NET Framework 3.5, 2nd Edition, By Mark Michaelis

Title The Microsoft .NET Developer eBook
Publisher: Pearson Education, Inc. (2009)
Language: English
eBook: http://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/imprint_downloads/informit/pdfs/MSNET_Series_Dev_FINAL_linked.pdf