Reader Digest of "Pragmatic Ajax. A Web 2.0 Primer"

1. Building Rich Internet Applications with Ajax. What is Ajax. Why now? Whither now?
2. Ajax In Action. What it means to Ajaxify a web application.
   Batik - a open source SVG package
   http://xml.apache.org/batic
   
   JavaScript
   no overload
   
   Ajax
   
   GET Request Cache Problem
   a. Progrma:no-cache, Cache-Control:no-cache
   b. Scramble URL
   
   User-Agent
   xhr.setRequestHeader("User-Agent", "My Custom Browser")
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Ajax Explained. Client-side JavaScript. DOM manipulation. Server access.
4. Google Maps Made Easy. Folks are awed by Google Maps, but it isn't rocket science (apart from the satellite pictures). See how to implement your own Google Maps-like application using DHTML.(partial extract...)
5. Ajax Frameworks. Why you need a framework. Introduction to Dojo and Prototype. (partial extract...)
   
   Framework:
   Dojo
   Prototype
   Script.aculo.us
   Dwr
   Backbase
   SmartClient
   Ajax.Net
   SAJAX
   JSON-RPC
   
   Code generator:
   Ruby Helper
   WebWork2 + Dojo
   
   Component:
   ASP.NET DataTableComponent (auto-update=true)
   
   
6. Ajax UI, Part I. Using Ajax and JavaScript to provide a rich client user interface.
   
   IE restriction:
   the innerText of enclosed tags is readonly. i.e. COL, COLGROUP FRAMESET, HTML, STYLE, TABLE, TBODY, TFOOT, THEAD, TITLE, TR
   
   Prototype mixin: Ruby Style
   
   
7. Ajax UI, Part II. Standard patterns. Web forms and effects. A look at the things that you shouldn't do when deploying Ajax applications. (partial extract...)
   
   Error and Waiting Problem: Progress GIF
   
   
8. Degradable Ajax. Degrading gracefully with old browsers, and browsers with JavaScript disabled.
9. Debugging Ajax. Tools, techniques, and tricks.
10. Server-side frameworks. Java, .NET, PHP, and Rails
    
    Sajax
    
    XOAD
    
    
11. Beyond Ajax. Mozilla XUL, Microsoft HTA, Flash as an Ajax component.
12. Ajax Futures. E4X, Canvas, SVG, JSON.