Beginning Ajax with PHP

This book shows how PHP and Javascript technologies can work together to create next generation applications. The book 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.

Pro Ajax and PHP: Building Highly Interactive Applications is the first book to introduce how these two popular technologies can work together to create next generation applications. Covering many of the most commonplace topics developers encounter in daily web application development tasks, Babin guides readers through topics such as 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.

Takes two of the most popular technologies today PHP and Ajax and offers a practical and hands-on approach to development and integration Interest in Ajax continues to grow at a rapid rate, and the market is hungry for new titles that provide a deeper understanding of the technology The author is highly experienced with PHP/Ajax-driven applications, and has worked with them since the emergence of the new development strategy earlier in 2005

Autorentext
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.

Klappentext

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.

Inhalt
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.