Professional Rich Internet Applications: Ajax And Beyond

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Through the use of hands-on examples and case studies to explain complex technologies, this comprehensive book takes AJAX, Ruby on Rails, and Flash to the next level by combining them into a framework for developing rich Internet applications Walks readers through using all aspects of each application, looking at the overall architecture and then breaking down the client-side and server-side technologies, while still maintaining a focus on the desired functionality of an application Also includes coverage of such various technologies as DHTML, JavaScript, XSLT, Java, Python, PHP, and more Table of Contetns Acknowledgments. Introduction. Part I: An Introduction to RIAs. Chapter 1: What Characterizes Rich Internet Applications? Chapter 2: RIA Foundations. Chapter 3: The Programmable Web: The Mashup Ecosystem. Chapter 4: Getting Started: Creating Your First RIA. Part II: RIAs Explored. Chapter 5: Debugging the Client Side. Chapter 6: The Model-View-Controller (MVC) Pattern. Chapter 7: JavaScript Library Survey. Chapter 8: Compiling to JavaScript. Chapter 9: An Introduction to ideaStax. Part III: RIA Development in Depth. Chapter 10: Form Validation. Chapter 11: Form Usability. Chapter 12: Drag and Drop. Chapter 13: User Interaction, Effects, and Animation. Chapter 14: Tagging and Rating (I): Creating an Infrastructure. Chapter 15: Tagging and Rating (II): Using Social Capability. Part IV: Advanced Selected Topics. Chapter 16: Providing an API. Chapter 17: RIA Widgets. Chapter 18: Rich Immersive Environments. Part V: Appendix. Appendix: Dojo Validation Functions and Flags. Index.