Beginning Ajax with PHP: From Novice to Professional

by Lee Babin

Overview

This is the first book to show how PHP and Javascript technologies can work together to create next generation applications. Covering many of the most commonplace topics developers encounter in daily web application development tasks, The author guides readers through topics like enhanced forms validation, data display and manipulation, JavaScript debugging, and security considerations. The result is a book that not only discusses how two of the world's most talked about technologies can come together to create amazing applications, but is also based upon a real-world context, enabling developers to immediately begin applying what they've learned to their own situation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590596678
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	10/20/2006
Series:	The Expert's Voice in Open Source Series
Edition description:	1st ed.
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

Lee Babin is a programmer based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, where he serves as the chief programmer for an innovative development firm duly named The Code Shoppe. He has been developing complex web driven applications since his graduation from DeVry University in early 2002 and has since worked on over 50 custom websites and online applications. Lee is married to a beautiful woman by the name of Dianne, who supports him in his rather full yet rewarding work schedule. He enjoys video games, working out, martial arts, and traveling, and can usually be found working online on one of his many fun web projects at any given time. While Lee has experience in a multitude of web programming languages, his preference has always been PHP. With the release of PHP 5, many of his wishes have been fulfilled.

Table of Contents

• Introducing Ajax
• Ajax Basics
• PHP and Ajax
• Database-Driven Ajax
• Forms
• Images
• A Real-World Ajax Application
• Ergonomic Display
• Web Services
• Spatially Enabled Web Applications
• Cross-Browser Issues
• Security
• Testing and Debugging
• The DOM

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

"Within the hype of the Web 2.0 movement, Ajax is seen as a star technology. … The book is well organized, and the author’s writing is fairly easy to follow. … For Ajax to work, the Web application user must be using a device capable of processing JavaScript, and JavaScript processing must be enabled. … This book can help someone who wants to get a basic understanding of Ajax and PHP." (Will Wallace, ACM Computing Reviews, Vol. 49 (5), May, 2008)

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