Enterprise AJAX: Strategies for Building High Performance Web Applications
“The core technologies of Ajax are quite straightforward; the hard part is applying them in the real world. Fortunately, the authors have been putting Ajax into practice since long before the term Ajax was even coined. Enterprise AJAX offers excellent coverage of issues rarely explained to date, but frequently encountered by enterprise developers including architecting of Ajax applications, and how to deal with such concerns as usability, security, and reliability.”
-DR. MICHAEL MAHEMOFF, PH.D. author of Ajax Design Patterns (AjaxPatterns.org)
“Just when you thought you knew all you need to know about Ajax, Dave, Alexei, and Andre force open your cranium and unload a dumptruck full of Enterprise Ajax techniques, best practices, and hard-earned expert insight onto your brain. If you want to mix some serious Ajax into your serious business applications, the solid information and advice you get from this book will let you do so with confidence.”
-BRENT ASHLEY, Web Developer and Ajax Pioneer
“I can t think of any better authors for a book on Enterprise AJAX. The book is sure to be a valuable reference for developers the world over working on the next generation of web applications.”
-MATT MCKENZIE, Software development manager, LiveCycle, Adobe Systems Inc.
“A great resource for writing quality, enterprise-level JavaScript.”
-CHRISTIAN VAN EEDEN, Senior Application Specialist, Schenker DB Logistics
BUILD RELIABLE, SCALABLE, ENTERPRISE-CLASS WEB APPLICATIONS WITH AJAX
Writing for enterprise developers, architects, and user interface specialists, the authors explain why AJAX offers such great promise in large-scale development. Next, they systematically introduce today s key AJAX techniques and components.
You’ll walk through developing frameworks for building AJAX applications that combine data tables, Web forms, charts, search, and filtering: the very systems businesses depend on in CRM, ERP, BI, and beyond. Then, building on this strong foundation, the authors identify proven AJAX architectural patterns, and present case studies drawn from actual .NET and Java AJAX applications. Coverge includes
- Using AJAX to implement Model-View-Controller (MVC) in the browser
- Encapsulating user interface functionality to facilitate code reuse and reduce cross-browser development problems
- Overcoming the unique security challenges associated with AJAX Web applications
- Optimizing AJAX usability: the “back” button, caching, bookmarking, offline usage, and beyond
From security to scalability to project risk, this is the only book to cover all the issues facing AJAX developers in the enterprise. Whether you re migrating legacy HTML interfaces or building new applications from scratch, you ll find it absolutely indispensable.
ABOUT THE WEBSITE
www.enterpriseajax.com contains code samples, case studies, tutorials, live demos, and other AJAX resources.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
David Johnson has many years of experience with AJAX-related technologies. He is co-founder and CTO of Nitobi, producer of a component library designed to speed AJAX development. Johnson has written widely for print and online publications, including JavaWorld.com and XML.com. Alexei White is Product Manager at Nitobi. Andre Charland, co-founder, President, and CEO of Nitobi, is an experienced Internet software developer.
Customer Review: Useful if you are careful…
This is a very useful book with a good JavaScript overview that quickly covers DOM, objects, and the theory behind Ajax and issues with building and test applications. I really enjoyed the section on window.onload in chapter 3, which uses a quick example of JavaScript closure to piggyback functions if window.onload was defined by another component already — a clever way of nesting multiple event handlers to a global event. I’m taking one stay away because they are obviously using jQuery in the examples e.g., $(’someDiv’).innerHTML and they never mention jQuery in the index or load jquery.js in the example code! If I hadn’t seen this notation elsewhere I would have been confused. The section on DOM uses document.getElementById() and they simply move on without explaining themselves. I’d recommend reading “JavaScript: The Missing Manual” first which will make these examples much more familiar.
Customer Review: This is the item of choice for any collection moving beyond introductory texts.
College-level computer holdings strong on Ajax or web programming guides need ENTERPRISE AJAX: STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING HIGH PERFORMANCE WEB APPLICATIONS. It covers advanced Ajax topics, so it’s not for the beginner – that will please any already versed in Ajax who want to skip the basics. From implementing Model-View-Controller in the browser to overcoming security risks and optimizing Ajax functions, this is the item of choice for any collection moving beyond introductory texts.
Diane C. Donovan
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