• Building on the strength of the popular first edition, this book helps experienced Web developers who are already familiar with Ajax foundations-JavaScript, CSS, and XML-to create more sophisticated and responsive Ajax user interfaces
• New topics include ready-to-use Ajax libraries, Ajax mapping, debugging, Microsoft Atlas, dynamic script loading, working with RSS and Web search feeds, and much more
• Discusses range of request brokers (including the hidden frame technique, iframes, and XMLHTTP) and explains when one should be used over another
• Reviews the different Ajax techniques and patterns for executing client-server communication on a Web site and in Web applications

Professional Ajax discusses the range of request brokers (including the hidden frame technique, iframes, and XMLHttp) and explains when one should be used over another. You will also learn different Ajax techniques and patterns for executing client-server communication on your web site and in web applications. By the end of the book, you will have gained the practical knowledge necessary to implement your own Ajax solutions. In addition to a full chapter case study showing how to combine the book's Ajax techniques into an AjaxMail application, Professional Ajax uses many other examples to build hands-on Ajax experience. Some of the other examples include:

• web site widgets for a news ticker, weather information, web search, and site search
• preloading pages in online articles
• incremental form validation
• using Google Web APIs in Ajax
• creating an autosuggest text box