TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Part I: INTRODUCING AJAX -- Chapter 1 AN AJAX OVERVIEW -- Project Preview: The Joke of the Day Application -- Introducing Ajax -- Examples of Real-World Ajax Applications and Websites -- Back to the Joke of the Day Application -- Summary -- Part II: LEARNING JAVASCRIPT AND THE DOM -- Chapter 2 AN INTRODUCTION TO JAVASCRIPT -- Project Preview: The Number Guessing Game -- JavaScript-Ajax's Programming Language -- Working with JavaScript -- Four Ways of Working with JavaScript -- Working with Different Types of Values -- Applying Conditional Logic -- Working Efficiently with Loops -- Back to the Number Guessing Game -- Summary -- Chapter 3 A DEEPER DIVE INTO JAVASCRIPT -- Project Preview: The Rock, Paper, Scissors Game -- Improving JavaScript Organization with Functions -- Developing Applications That Respond to Events -- Div and Span Tags -- Managing Collections of Data -- Back to the Rock, Paper, Scissors Application -- Summary -- Chapter 4 UNDERSTANDING THE DOCUMENT OBJECT MODEL -- Project Preview: The Ajax Story of the Day Application -- An Introduction to the Document Object Model -- The DOM Tree -- Walking the DOM Tree -- Dynamically Updating Web Page Content -- Back to the Ajax Story of the Day Application -- Summary -- Part III: BUILDING AJAX APPLICATIONS -- Chapter 5 AJAX BASICS -- Project Preview: The Ajax Typing Challenge -- Connecting Your Applications to Web Servers -- Working with the XMLHttpRequest Object -- Managing Concurrent XMLHttpRequests -- Using Ajax to Set Up Mouseovers -- Leveraging Ajax Frameworks -- Back to the Ajax Typing Challenge Application -- Summary -- Chapter 6 DIGGING DEEPER INTO AJAX -- Project Preview: The Ajax Google Suggest Application -- Using Ajax to Manipulate Graphics -- Sending Data to Web Servers -- Executing Server-Supplied JavaScript.

Back to the Ajax Google Suggest Application -- Summary -- Part IV: DATA MANAGEMENT AND PRESENTATION -- Chapter 7 WORKING WITH XML -- Project Preview: The Who Am I? Application -- An Introduction to XML -- Verifying That Your XML Files Are Well-Formed -- Understanding XML Trees -- Navigating XML Files -- JSON: JavaScript Object Notation-An Alternative to XML -- Back to the Who Am I? Application -- Summary -- Chapter 8 WORKING WITH CASCADING STYLE SHEETS -- Project Preview: The Fortune Telling Game -- An Introduction to CSS -- Using CSS to Specify Style, Color, and Presentation -- Adding CSS to Your HTML Pages -- Back to the Fortune Telling Game -- Summary -- Chapter 9 WORKING WITH AJAX AND PHP -- Project Preview: Scramble-The Word Guessing Game -- Introduction to PHP -- The Basics of Working with PHP -- PHP Coding -- Working with Functions -- Processing Application Input -- Storing and Accessing Data -- Back to Scramble-The Word Guessing Game -- Summary -- Chapter 10 IMPORTANT AJAX DESIGN ISSUES -- Programming Hurdles That All Ajax Developers Face -- Don't Overuse Ajax -- Follow Good Development Practices -- Summary -- Appendix A: WHAT'S ON THE COMPANION WEBSITE? -- Downloading the Book's Source Code -- Appendix B: WHAT NEXT? -- HTML Resources -- The HTML Document Object Model -- XMLHttpRequest Resources -- Resources for Cascading Style Sheets -- JavaScript Resources -- XML Resources -- Locating Ajax Resources Online -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y.