AJAX - The Complete Reference

I Core Ideas CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Ajax CHAPTER 2 Pre-Ajax JavaScript Communications Techniques CHAPTER 3 XMLHttpRequest Obj ...

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1 Introduction to Ajax A jax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) encompasses much more than the technologies that make up this cat ...

4 Part I: Core Ideas FIGURE 1-1 Traditional Web application communication fl ow FIGURE 1-2 Ajax-style communication fl ow ...

Chapter 1: Introduction to Ajax 5 PART I received content is typically performed using JavaScript in conjunction with Document O ...

6 Part I: Core Ideas However, it is a much better idea to simply use name or id attributes for the form fields or other tags tha ...

Chapter 1: Introduction to Ajax 7 PART I This is just the briefest overview of the XHR object as we will study it in great depth ...

8 Part I: Core Ideas Eventually, the server should receive the request and invoke the simple sayhello.php program shown here. &l ...

Chapter 1: Introduction to Ajax 9 PART I that should be addressed than the readyState and status code in order to build a robust ...

10 Part I: Core Ideas <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <title>Hello Ajax W ...

Chapter 1: Introduction to Ajax 11 PART I NNOT EOTE If you are stickler for separation, you should also put all the JavaScript c ...

12 Part I: Core Ideas to your code will then allow it to work. However, during the run of the program you will be prompted to al ...

Chapter 1: Introduction to Ajax 13 PART I the new moniker. Microsoft first added the XHR ActiveX object to Internet Explorer 5 i ...

14 Part I: Core Ideas Readers needing more background in JavaScript are encouraged to read Appendix A, the companion book JavaSc ...

2 Pre-Ajax JavaScript Communications Techniques B efore there was a catchy moniker like Ajax, there were still many ways to comm ...

16 Part I: Core Ideas or even some form of animated rollovers such as the ubiquitous star ratings found on many websites. Whatev ...

Chapter 2: Pre-Ajax JavaScript Communications Techniques 17 PART I votes and the current total can be found in http://ajaxref.co ...

18 Part I: Core Ideas } else die('Failed to read file'); $filehandle = fopen($totalsFile, "w+"); if ($filehandle) { fwrite($file ...

Chapter 2: Pre-Ajax JavaScript Communications Techniques 19 PART I the image request not only tries to fetch an object, but also ...

20 Part I: Core Ideas /* indicate vote was made */ var resultDiv = document.getElementById("resultDiv"); var ratingForm = docume ...