AJAX Essential Training

In AJAX Essential Training, instructor Dori Smith shows experienced web developers how to utilize AJAX to best create dynamic pages. The course covers selecting the best tools for the job (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML), understanding all aspects of HTTP from requests to responses, and creating dynamic forms and maps from static HTML and CSS forms and files. Dori also explains in detail how to get and use the Yahoo! UI framework. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

0. Introduction

• Welcome
• Exercise files
• Understanding AJAX
• Understanding what AJAX is not
• Overview

1. Developer Essentials

• Understanding the development workflow
• Selecting the right tools for the job
• Customizing Firefox for AJAX development
• Configuring Apache on Mac OS X
• Installing WAMP on Windows Vista
• HTML, CSS, and JavaScript prerequisites

2. Understanding the DOM and XML Formats

• Understanding the DOM format
• Exploring the DOM with Firefox
• Using JavaScript to manipulate the DOM
• Looking at XML and the DOM

3. Understanding XML HTTP Requests

• Understanding HTTP requests
• Understanding the XHR object
• Understanding XHR states
• Using XHR content
• Understanding XHR responses
• Understanding XHR security limitations

4. Previewing Links with AJAX

• Understanding the project overview
• Modifying a static HTML and CSS site
• Adding the JavaScript
• Reusing the code

5. Creating Dynamic Forms

• Understanding the project overview
• Modifying a static HTML and CSS form
• Adding an XML file
• Adding AJAX
• Adding JavaScript
• Testing the results
• Reusing the code

6. Creating Dynamic Maps

• Understanding the project overview
• Creating an HTML file
• Modifying the CSS
• Creating positioned divs with Dreamweaver
• Describing the XML page
• Adding AJAX
• Adding more JavaScript
• Testing the results

7. Understanding AJAX Frameworks

• Understanding the framework
• Getting and exploring the Yahoo! UI framework
• Exploring YUI framework examples
• Understanding the YUI framework documentation

8. Using the YUI Animation Widget

• Understanding the widget
• Getting an XML file from Flickr
• Creating an HTML page
• Creating the CSS file
• Creating the JavaScript
• Testing the results

9. Closing

• Additional Resources
• Goodbye

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