Book 7

Integrating the Client and Server with AJAX

• Chapter 1: AJAX Essentials Move past the hype to understand what AJAX is and why it's so important. Along the way, build a couple of AJAX connections by hand.
• Chapter 2: Improving JavaScript and AJAX with jQuery The jQuery library is an incredibly powerful and important technology. Learn the basics of how to use this powerful tool.
• Chapter 3: Animating jQuery jQuery supports some really fun animation and motion tools. Make elements hide and re-appear, move elements, and modify elements on the fly.
• Chapter 4: Using the jQuery User Interface Toolkit jQuery supports an add-on called the User Interface Toolkit. This amazing tool allows you to build powerful and flexible sites quickly. Begin by looking at the theme-roller application and experiement with dragging and dropping elements.
• Chapter 5: Improving Usability with jQuery The jQuery UI toolkit includes a number of very interesting user interface widgets, including tab and accordion interfaces, date and number pickers, and an interesting dialog tool.
• Chapter 6: Working with AJAX data One of the primary motivators of jQuery is to simplify AJAX. jQuery makes AJAX connections really easy to manage. Learn to work with php, XML, and JSON data.
• Chapter 7: Going Mobile Mobile Computing has become mainstream. Create a responsive design that adapts to a narrow screen. Use the wonderful jQuery Mobile library to easily convert your pages to a mobile format.