Product Description
This practical guide shows you how to make your Java web applications more responsive and dynamic by incorporating new Ajaxian features, including suggestion lists, drag-and-drop, and more. Java developers can choose between many different ways of incorporating Ajax, from building JavaScript into your applications "by hand" to using the new Google Web Toolkit (GWT).
Ajax on Java starts with an introduction to Ajax, showing you how to write some basic applications that use client-side JavaScript to request information from a Java servlet and display it without doing a full page reload. It also presents several strategies for communicating between the client and the server, including sending raw data, and using XML or JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) for sending more complex collections of data.
The book then branches out into different approaches for incorporating Ajax, which include:
- The Prototype and script.aculo.us Javascript libraries, the Dojo and Rico libraries, and DWR
- Integrating Ajax into Java ServerPages (JSP) applications
- Using Ajax with Struts
- Integrating Ajax into Java ServerFaces (JSF) applications
- Using Google's GWT, which offers a pure Java approach to developing web applications: your client-side components are written in Java, and compiled into HTML and JavaScript
Ajax gives web developers the ability to build applications that are more interactive, more dynamic, more exciting and enjoyable for your users. If you're a Java developer and haven't tried Ajax, but would like to get started, this book is essential. Your users will be grateful.
Product Details
| Publisher | O'Reilly Media |
| ISBN | 0596101872 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Author | Steven Olson Douglas |
| EAN | 9780596101879 |
| Label | O'Reilly Media |
| Edition | 1 |
| Dewey Decimal Number | 006.76 |
| Studio | O'Reilly Media |
| Number Of Pages | 240 |
| Title | Ajax on Java |
| Publication Date | 2007-02-22 |
| Manufacturer | O'Reilly Media |
Customer Reviews
The Best Ajax on Java book Ive seenReview by Brian Brocksmith, 2010-01-30
As usual Oreilly is the front runner in super detailed computer programming information. This book, although small is packed full of useful code examples. A must for Java with Ajax enthusiasts.
Great Ajax Introduction but not advanced topics
Review by Jose Miguel Selman Grez, 2007-12-23
This book is great for Ajax newbies who are confused with all the frameworks available out there. Provides a quick overview of a lot of them with working examples. I would have prefered if it included more advanced scenarios.
Superficial and bug-ridden
Review by java paladin, 2007-11-11
I was looking for a book on to explain the underpinnings of Ajax technology. What I purchased was little more than an advertisement for several Ajax development projects. Additionally, the author covers, in equally superficial detail, many side technologies which do not drive the subject matter forward; cascading style sheets (CSS) and Ant, for example.
The code examples have many bugs and references code/methods that have yet to be presented in the book. Meanwhile, the text explaining the examples discusses the actual methods that should have been in the code examples. The author does not take the time to discuss good object-oriented programming techniques or why this would be important.
All in all, this is a very disappointing offering.
A pick for any library strong in web programming topics
Review by Midwest Book Review, 2007-07-07
Web programmers working with Java will appreciate this guide, which tells how to make a Java web application more responsive and dynamic by incorporating new Ajaxian features, from suggestion lists and drag-and-drop modes to producing third-party tag libraries and using Ajax with Struts. The idea is to streamline operations and use Java developer backgrounds to understand Ajax's strengths: AJAX ON JAVA is the place to begin the process, and is a pick for any library strong in web programming topics in general and Java in particular.
Good Intro To Ajax Java
Review by Daniel McKinnon, 2007-06-08
'Ajax on Java' by Steven Olson is a nice intro book to learning how to use Ajax with your Java code. Nothing more than a quick overview (certainly not a reference) at just over 200 pages, this book will help Java programmers get their feet wet and start learning how to program the Ajax way with instant responsiveness in the Web 2.0 world.
If you program with Java and want to begin to learn how to use Ajax to make your apps hit the "turbo" button, pick up this book and start your engines!!!
**** RECOMMENDED
