AJAX - The Complete Reference

636 Ajax: The Complete Reference

Ajax libraries, 177–230

AjaxTCR library, 179–200

development of, 177

Dojo, 229–230

and HTTP headers, 597

jQuery, 223–229

and Ajax, 223–228

strengths and weaknesses of,

228–229

Mochikit, 230

MooTools, 230

need for, 109

Prototype, 211–223

and Ajax, 212–220

scripting with, 223

Yahoo User Interface Library (YUI), 201–211

connection handling with, 209–211

Connection Manager, 202–211

features of, 206–208

file uploading with, 208–209

“Hello World” example, 205–206

request syntax, 203–205

response syntax, 205

Ajax response cache, 273–275

AjaxBank, 322, 323

AJAXSLT, 166

AjaxTCR library, 179–200

and caching, 273, 537

data format handling, 189–190

DOM utility methods, 202

extensions to, 344

features summary, 196–200

file upload handling, 190

and outputTarget, 188

request control, 193–194

request status, 190–193

and sending/recieving data, 186–188

statusIndicator object, 344

utility functions, 194–196

and Yahoo User Interface Library, 179

AjaxTCR.comm, 197, 273

AjaxTCR.data, 201

AjaxTCR.storage, 536

AjaxTCR.util, 416

Alert, 88

Allow header, 592

AND operators, 570, 571

Animated rollovers, 16

Animation Manager, 213

Appid value, 386

Application architecture, 407 (See also specific

topics, e.g.: Templates)

Application/x-shockwave-flash, 606

Applied history, 467–472

Architecture (See also specific topics, e.g.: Templates)

application, 407

coupled, 476

decoupled, 476

loose coupling, 476

for ratings system, 412–418

site, 407

tight coupling, 476–478

Web, 14

Argument property, 204, 205

Arrays, 564

in JavaScript, 564

JSON, 134

and Uniform Resource Locators, 124

Array literals, 563–564

Array object, 562

Associative array format, 559

Async property, 224

Asynchronous JavaScript and HTML (See Ajah)

Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (See Ajax)

Asynchronous options, 214

Asynchronous requests, 77–79

AttachEvent method, 43

Authentication, 301–312

built-in, 309

cross-browser solution for, 309–310

digest, 309

in Firefox browser, 100

form-cookie authentication, 310–312

HTTP authentication, 302–310

built-in authentication, 309

cross-browser solution for, 309–310

digest authentication, 309

“in the clear,” 307–308

“in the clear,” 307–308

in Internet Explorer, 101

in Opera, 100

support for, 100

with XHR, 99–101

Authorization header, 594

Auto search, 384–386

Auto validation, 386–394

Auto-completion (auto-suggestion), 378–384

Auto-decrement operator, 569

Auto-increment operator, 569

Auto-suggestion (auto-completion), 378–384

Availability:

of clients, 257

of server, 256–257

BB

Back button, 452–458

Base64 binary responses, 169–171

Base64 encoding, 140