I've been very interested in AJAX and what it seems capable of delivering to the end-user over the web. I picked up a book last week and finished it last night and it was really excellent so I thought I'd share it here for those of your also interested in this emerging technology framework. The book is called Ajax in Action and it does a great job of covering this topic with lots of detail. I liked that it wasn't just some overview of what AJAX was but offered content of interest to developers. There is a clear presentation on how to get all the components that make up AJAX to fit together (JavaScript, server-side components, HTML, CSS, and XML.) I particularly liked the step-by-step how to items that introduce you to creating things like dynamic double combo boxes, typeahead select boxes, and Web portals with selectable, draggable portlets.
If you're a web developer who's been looking to understand and begin developing AJAX enabled sites, this book is really a good read. If you're and IT manager or systems integration consultant, I still think this book is worth reading as it'll give you a good sense of what this technology is and lay a good foundation to understanding how to leverage it.
I've been developing for almost 9 months now and want to start to do some cool stuff in Ajax. Is this book a good intro or will it be too advanced for a newbie like me. :-)
Posted by: Ryan Nepper | March 03, 2006 at 08:54 AM