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Enterprise Ajax

Strategies for Building High Performance Web Applications

Writing for enterprise developers, architects, and user interface specialists, the authors explain why AJAX offers such great promise in large-scale development. Next, they systematically introduce today’s key AJAX techniques and components. You’ll walk through developing frameworkd for building AJAX applications that combine data tables, Web forms, charts, search, and filtering: the very systems businesses depend on in CRM, ERP, BI, and beyond. Then, building on this strong foundation, the authors identify proven AJAX architectural patterns, and present case studies drawn from actual .NET and Java AJAX applications. Coverage includes:

• Using AJAX to implement Model-View-Controller (MVC) directly in the browser.
• Encapsulating user interface functionality to facilitate code re-use and reduce cross-browser development problems.
• Overcoming the unique security challenges associated with AJAX Web applications.
• Optimizing AJAX usability: the “back button”, caching, booknarking, offline usage, and beyond.

From security to scalability to project risk, this is the only book to cover all the issues facing AJAX developers in the enterprise. Whether you’re migrating legacy HTML interfaces or building new applications from scratch, you’ll find it absolutely indispensable!

About the Authors

David Johnson - has many years of experience with AJAX-related technologies. He is co-founder and CTO of Nitobi, producer of a popular component library designed to speed AJAX development. Johnson has written widely for print and online publications, including JavaWorld.com and XML.com

Alexei White - is a developer, designer, and user-experience advocate. He’s the primary architect of RobotReplay (www.robotreplay.com) and SayZu (www.sayzu.com) and is Product Manager at Nitobi.

Andre Charland - is co-founder, and President of Nitobi. Andre is an experienced developer of AJAX-based Web applications.

Testimonials

“This book does an excellent job of covering advanced AJAX topics such as performance, Object Oriented JavaScript, usability, and accessibility. There’s dozens of basic Ajax books on the market, but if you want to build mission-critical business applications, this is the book to own.”

Duane Nickull, Sr Technical Evangelist - Adobe Systems Inc. & Chair OASIS SOA Reference Model Technical Committee.

“The core technologies of Ajax are quite straightforward; the hard part is applying them in the real world. Fortunately, the authors have been putting Ajax into practice since long before the term “AJAX” was even coined. Enterprise Ajax offers excellent coverage of issues rarely explained to date, but frequently encountered by enterprise developers - including architecting of Ajax applications, and how to deal with such concerns as usability, security, and reliability.”

Dr. Micheal Mahemoff, Ph. D., author of Ajax Design Patterns (AjaxPatterns.org)

“Just when you thought you knew all you need to know about AJAX, Dave, ALexei, and Andre force open your cranium and unload a dump truck full of Enterprise AJax techniques, best practices, and hard-earned expert insight onto your brain. If you want to mix some serious AJAX into your serious business applications, the solid information and advice you get from this book will let you do so with confidence.”

Brent Ashley, Web Developer and AJAX Pioneer

“I can’t think of any better authors for a book on Enterprise AJAX. THe book is sure to be a valuable reference for developers the world over working on the next generation of web applications.”

Matt Mckenzie, Software development manager, LiveCycle, Adobe Systems Inc.

“A great resource for writing quality, enterprise-level JavaScript.”

Christian Van Eeden, Senior Application Specialist, Schenker DB Logistics.