--- product_id: 8506846 title: "Adding Ajax: Making Existing Sites More Interactive 1st Edition" brand: "shelley powers" price: "£48.64" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 4 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/8506846-adding-ajax-making-existing-sites-more-interactive-1st-edition store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Adding Ajax: Making Existing Sites More Interactive 1st Edition **Brand:** shelley powers **Price:** £48.64 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Adding Ajax: Making Existing Sites More Interactive 1st Edition by shelley powers - **How much does it cost?** £48.64 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/8506846-adding-ajax-making-existing-sites-more-interactive-1st-edition) ## Best For - shelley powers enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted shelley powers brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Adding Ajax: Making Existing Sites More Interactive 1st Edition - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51g6QKM7p5L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Useful if you want to enhance an existing application with Ajax *by C***E on Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2007* It is not necessary to read this book sequentially from start to finish. Most chapters largely stand alone, although there is some small degree of building on previous chapters' content, primarily in the use of an "Adding Ajax" library that is created as the book proceeds. However, all of the material is included in the downloadable examples, so you can skip around without too much confusion. What is probably essential is that you read chapters one and two before reading any other chapters. The book assumes the reader is already a web developer who wants to learn to add Ajax effects to his/her web applications. It is assumed that the reader has experience with HTML, XHTML, XML basics, CSS, and JavaScript. Finally, it is assumed that the reader is familiar with relational databases and has worked with them before. The PHP language is what is used in this book for all of the server-side components of the Ajax applications. The following is a description of the book's contents:Chapter 1. Getting Ready to Make a Move to Ajax - Provides an overview of the Ajax technologies, but also covers the importance of developing a strategy for change to your site before sitting down to code.Section 1.1. The Technologies That Are AjaxSection 1.2. Start CleanSection 1.3. Converting Tables to CSS LayoutsSection 1.4. Continuing the Conversion: Element by ElementSection 1.5. Dealing with Browser-Specific QuirksSection 1.6. Understanding Your Client BaseSection 1.7. Designing a Framework for Your SiteSection 1.8. Progressive Enhancement Versus Massive OverhaulChapter 2. The Ajax Bits - Provides a nuts-and-bolts coverage of the heart and soul of Ajax: how to work with the XMLHttpRequest object.Section 2.1. The Web ApplicationSection 2.2. Preparing the Object for UseSection 2.3. Preparing and Sending a RequestSection 2.4. Processing the Ajax ResponseSection 2.5. Endpoints, the JavaScript Sandbox, and WidgetsSection 2.6. That Security StuffSection 2.7. A First Look at PerformanceSection 2.8. One Last Word on Asynchronous Versus SynchronousChapter 3. Ajax Tools and Terminology - Introduces and demonstrates several of the more important Ajax libraries.Section 3.1. PrototypeSection 3.2. aculoSection 3.3. RicoSection 3.4. DojoSection 3.5. Other LibrariesChapter 4. Interactive Effects - Gets into the interactive element that is Ajax, including how to work with events and event handlers that work across browsers, what works if more than one library is used, building tool tips, pulling in help data from external sources, creating an Ajax "fade" to signal changes, live previews, and merging live previews with live updates.Section 4.1. Ajax-Friendly Event HandlingSection 4.2. Just-In-Time InformationSection 4.3. In-Page PreviewsSection 4.4. Color Fades for Success or FailureChapter 5. Space: The Final Frontier - Explores the concept of web page as space and covers three popular approaches to managing web space - the accordion, the tabbed page, and the overlay. Also shows how to package complete effects for any number of applications.Section 5.1. Horizontal Spacing: The AccordionSection 5.2. Tabbed PagesSection 5.3. OverlaysChapter 6. Dynamic Data - Covers how to make data updates, including adding new data, deleting, and making updates, all from within a single page. It also discusses extending existing web applications and incorporating the use of "fades". Some of the performance and security issues associated with database access through Ajax are also covered, as is the use of "live" updates and effects like drag-and-drop sorting.Section 6.1. In-Place EditingSection 6.2. In-Place Editing: Performance, Security, and AccessibilitySection 6.3. Highlighting ChangesSection 6.4. Revisiting In-Page Update Accessibility One More TimeSection 6.5. Live ValidationSection 6.6. Performance and Two-Phase CommitsSection 6.7. External Library Data EffectsChapter 7. History, Navigation, and Place with Single-Page Applications - Explores Ajax effects on the Web including breaking the Back button, losing the browser history, dynamic effects that disappear when the page is refreshed, and being able to link or bookmark an Ajax "page."Section 7.1. Introducing the Challenger: Paged ContentSection 7.2. Remembering PlaceSection 7.3. Old and New Persistence: Side by SideSection 7.4. The New Page ViewSection 7.5. Post-MortemChapter 8. Adding Advanced Visual Effects - This chapter is pure fun and covers some advanced CSS effects including drag-and-drop "scrollbars," pagination, the use of SVG, and the Canvas object.Section 8.1. Advanced CSS TricksSection 8.2. Scalable Vector GraphicsSection 8.3. SVG Quick ViewSection 8.4. Mixer: SVG and AjaxSection 8.5. The Future of GraphicsChapter 9. Mashup Your Site - This chapter takes maps from Google, photo information from Flickr, and weblog information from Technorati, "mashes" it all up in a nice tabbed page interface, and then shows how all of that can be implemented in such a way that it works whether scripting is enabled or not.Section 9.1. Mapping with GoogleSection 9.2. A Second Service: FlickrSection 9.3. Adding Technorati to Our MashupSection 9.4. Reengineering the MashupSection 9.5. The Reengineered ClientsSection 9.6. Summarizing MashupsChapter 10. Scaling, Infrastructure, and Starting from Scratch - Discusses the privacy of web services, distributing resource needs, and how tightly coupled you want your server and client components to be. The chapter also looks at starting Ajax from scratch by briefly introducing some of the frameworks that are available.Section 10.1. Frameworks: Tight Versus Loose CouplingSection 10.2. The Web Service: Resource and SecuritySection 10.3. Ajax Libraries: Homegrown or BorrowedSection 10.4. Designing Ajax from the Ground UpSection 10.5. Frameworks du JourSection 10.6. Go Forth and Ajax ### ⭐ An utter disappontment *by Z***Z on Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2007* This book is a complete disappointment. Not enough detail where it matters, and too much useless filler in the latter portions of the book.Don't waste your time or money on this one. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Special Focus May Apply to Your Situation *by B***Y on Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2007* §The book title delivers a vital clue. "Adding Ajax" has a special, limited focus that may be right up your alley -- if you are evaluating enhancing existing Web applications by adding Ajax effects. Developers looking to evaluate building an Ajax-based application architecture from the ground up may not be satisfied.The book itself is a fast read. That is not because of lack of content -- there is plenty of that! Still, Shelley Powers has organized the information so that most of the chapters can be read out of order, as independently as possible from the others. Chapter 5, which deals with accordion menus, tabbed paging, and overlays with Ajax and common script libraries can be skipped if you are most interested in user updates of live data in Chapter 6 without a problem.The author cites known experts for related material (like Jeremy Keith and Eric Meyer) and gives lots of URLs for follow-up material.The book is pretty much practice-oriented and contains lots of code. That leads to my one quibble: there is a lot of code here that does not seem to be available in downloadable form. Some people would find it convenient to have the code examples in a way that could be immediately tested on a server. Re-typing is a drag. The O'Reilly page for this book has a *very* impressive Table of Contents, with content previews -- but no code download.Other than that, this is a very fine book.§ --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/8506846-adding-ajax-making-existing-sites-more-interactive-1st-edition](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/8506846-adding-ajax-making-existing-sites-more-interactive-1st-edition) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-17*