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by
DAVE CRANE
ERIC PASCARELLO
WITH DARREN JAMES
Who should read this book?
Ajax is at the crossroads of a number of disciplines; readers will approach it from
a number of directions. On the one hand there are professional enterprise developers
with computer science degrees and several years of hands-on experience
with large software projects, who need to sometimes pop their heads above the
battlements and work with the presentation tier. On the other hand are creative
professionals who have moved from graphic design to web design and “new
media,” and taught themselves how to program using scripting languages such
as PHP, Visual Basic, or JavaScript/ActionScript. In between there are desktop
app developers retraining for the Web and sysadmins called upon to put
together web-based management tools, as well as many others.
All of these possible readers have a real interest in Ajax. We’ve tried to
address the needs of all of them, at least to some extent, in this book. We provide
pointers to the basic web technologies for the server-side developer used to
treating the web browser as a dumb terminal. We also give a grounding in software
design and organization for the new media developer who may be more
used to ad hoc coding styles. Wherever you come from, Ajax is a cross-disciplinary
technology and will lead you into some unfamiliar areas. We’re going to
stretch you a bit, and ask you to pick up a few new skills along the way. We’ve
done the same in our own use of Ajax, even while writing this book. We have
found it to be a very rewarding and enjoyable experience, with benefits extending
to other aspects of our professional lives.
a number of directions. On the one hand there are professional enterprise developers
with computer science degrees and several years of hands-on experience
with large software projects, who need to sometimes pop their heads above the
battlements and work with the presentation tier. On the other hand are creative
professionals who have moved from graphic design to web design and “new
media,” and taught themselves how to program using scripting languages such
as PHP, Visual Basic, or JavaScript/ActionScript. In between there are desktop
app developers retraining for the Web and sysadmins called upon to put
together web-based management tools, as well as many others.
All of these possible readers have a real interest in Ajax. We’ve tried to
address the needs of all of them, at least to some extent, in this book. We provide
pointers to the basic web technologies for the server-side developer used to
treating the web browser as a dumb terminal. We also give a grounding in software
design and organization for the new media developer who may be more
used to ad hoc coding styles. Wherever you come from, Ajax is a cross-disciplinary
technology and will lead you into some unfamiliar areas. We’re going to
stretch you a bit, and ask you to pick up a few new skills along the way. We’ve
done the same in our own use of Ajax, even while writing this book. We have
found it to be a very rewarding and enjoyable experience, with benefits extending
to other aspects of our professional lives.
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