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Introduction

• Welcome Demo
• System Requirements Demo

Getting to know Ajax

• Downloading Data Behind the Scenes Demo
• Modifying Web Pages on the Fly Demo
• Searching in Real Time with Live Searches Demo
• Getting the Answer With Autocomplete Demo
• Dragging and Dropping HTML Elements With Ajax Demo
• Getting Instant Login Feedback Demo

Writing Ajax

• Working With JavaScript in Browsers Demo
• Creating an XMLHttpRequest Object in JavaScript Demo
• Checking the XMLHttpRequest Object's readyState property Demo
• Checking the XMLHttpRequest Object's status property Demo
• Getting Your Data With the XMLHttpRequest Object Demo
• Problems creating an XMLHttpRequest Object Demo
• Fetching Text Data From the Browser Demo
• Decoding the Fetched Data Demo
• Selecting Relative or Absolute URLs Demo
• Getting XMLHttpRequest Objects in Other Ways Demo
• Using Server-Side Scripting Demo
• Storing Ajax Data in XML Demo
• Fetching XML Data From the Server Demo
• Extracting Data From XML Demo
• Passing Data to the Server with GET Demo
• Passing Data to the Server with POST Demo

Getting More Ajax Power

• Determining Which Browser the User Has
• Handling Head Requests for More Data
• Creating a Live Search Pt.1
• Creating a Live Search Pt.2
• Connecting to Google Suggest
• Calling a Different Domain Safely
• Using Two XMLHttpRequest objects
• Handling Multiple XMLHttpRequest Requests
• Returning JavaScript Objects From the Server

Creating Ajax Applications

• Downloading Images Using Ajax
• Creating a Shopping Cart
• Handling Mouse Events
• Enabling Dragging
• Handling Drops
• Communicating With the Shopping Cart on the Server
• Creating an Ajax-driven Drop-down Menu System
• Downloading Data with Drop-down Menu System
• Displaying a Menu with a Drop-down Menu System

Exploring The Browser-Side Ajax Frameworks

• Introducing Ajax Frameworks
• Creating Ajax With libXmlRequest
• Creating Ajax With AjaxLib
• Creating Ajax With XHConn
• Creating Ajax With Sack
• Creating Ajax With Interactive Website Framework
• Creating Ajax With Sarissa

Exploring the Server-Side Ajax Frameworks

• Creating Ajax With PHP and Sajax Pt.1
• Creating Ajax With PHP and Sajax Pt.2
• Creating Ajax With PHP and Xajax

Using XML With Ajax

• Understanding XML
• Loading XML into a Browser Object
• Navigating through XML Documents Using JavaScript
• Extracting data from text nodes
• Handling White Space in Mozilla and Firefox
• Accessing Attribute Values in XML Elements
• Accessing XML Elements by Name
• Validating XML You Get From the Server
• Validating XML With a DTD

Using CSS With Ajax in Web Pages

• Introducing CSS
• Setting Styles
• Using an External Style Sheet
• Working with Text Styles
• Setting Colors and Backgrounds
• Getting Newly-displayed Text Noticed
• Showing Ajax Results
• Hiding Ajax Results
• Positioning Elements
• Positioning Elements: Absolute Positioning
• Positioning Elements: Relative Positioning
• Stacking

Using PHP and Ajax

• Using PHP in Web Pages
• Understanding Basic PHP Syntax
• Working With Variables
• Working With Operators
• Working With Strings
• Working With Arrays
• Making Choices With the if Statement
• Using the switch Statement
• Using for Loops in PHP
• Using while Loops in PHP
• Sending Data to the Server
• Extracting Data from Text Fields
• Extracting Data from Checkboxes
• Extracting Data from Radio Buttons
• Extracting Data from Listboxes
• Uploading Files
• Reading Uploaded Files
• Redirecting the Browser

Doing It Right: Ajax Best Practices

• Handling the Back Button
• Remember - Google Can't See Your Ajax Content
• Watching Out for Browser Caching
• Giving Visual Cues
• Wrap-up

Credits

• About the Author