Technology - Web Development 7 - Ajax Pages & Applications

Synopsis

We discuss Ajax, the combination of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DOM and usually XML to create web pages with powerful, easy-to-use user interfaces which rival those of installed application programs. We discuss XSLT XML translation software, Rich Internet Applications and the Comet and Reverse Ajax architectures. We also discuss the debugging, Brower-compatibility and usability challenges involved in creating Ajax applications.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Ajax
  • 2.1 Google Maps
  • 2.2 JavaScript and the Ajax Engine
  • 2.3 HTML and CSS
  • 2.4 Document Object Model
  • 2.5 XML communication with the server
  • 2.6 Ajax example - Google Suggest
  • 2.7 XSLT
  • 2.8 Difficulties with Ajax
    • 2.8.1 Debugging and development
    • 2.8.2 User interface
    • 2.8.3 Printing and saving
    • 2.8.4 Robustness and security
    • 2.8.5 Prototype hijacking
  • 2.9 Computer independence
• 3. Ajax engines and frameworks
  • 3.1 Google Web Toolkit
  • 3.2 Alternative Ajax-like architectures
    • 3.2.1 Comet - push technology
    • 3.2.2 Layers of an Ajax/Comet application
    • 3.2.3 Comet Ajax example - Thinkature
    • 3.2.4 Reverse Ajax
  • 3.3 JavaScript and XML compression
  • 3.4 Ajax server software
  • 3.5 Rich Internet Application - Single Page Application
• 4. Related reports

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