The Dojo toolkit provides an end-to-end solution for development in the browser — everything from its standard javascript library and turnkey widgets to build tools and a testing framework. This comprehensive guide to Dojo includes a hard-hitting reference to help you build rich and responsive web applications with complex layouts and form controls closely resembling those found in the most advanced desktop applications. If you're a DHTML-toting web developer, you need to read this book!

• This is the first book to cover Google’s new Mapplet technology
• Shows you how to create Google Maps–based applications and publish to maps.google.com
• Provides a single–source resource and practical guide to Mapplets and mashups
• Teaches you how to mash up Mapplets using location–specific data
• Includes examples of real–world applications

If you're a web developer with previous javascript and DOM scripting experience, this book is perfect for you to take your knowledge up to the next level. This book is not about learning how to program javascript from scratch. It starts with the assumption that you have done some javascript development before and understand the javascript syntax. This book builds on top of that knowledge to give you a deeper understanding of DOM Scripting and how to apply that to your projects. It uses this new understanding to describe what javascript libraries are and show you how they can be applied to your project. The book will also explain AJAX and how best to plan and apply it to your projects. It explains how to build simple animation objects for adding movement to elements on the page. This book will explain techniques new and old — such as closures, encapsulation, and inheritance — that many are using and how you can best apply them to your own projects.

Better Interaction Design and Web Development with Simple javascript Techniques
- Create better, cross-platform javascript code
- Learn detailed solutions to specific client-side problems
- For web designers who want to create interactive elements for their designs
- For developers who want to create the best user interface for their web aplications.

GWT is an open source Java software development framework that makes writing AJAX applications like Google Maps and [b]Gmail easy for developers who don't speak browser quirks as a second language. This book shows you how to create reliable user interfaces that enhance the user experience. Completely practical with hands-on examples and complete tutorials right from the first chapter.

Expert Web developer James E. Harmon begins by demonstrating how to “AJAX-ify” existing applications and pages with Dojo, adding AJAX features such as client- and server-side validation as quickly and nondisruptively as possible. Next, he presents in-depth coverage of Dojo’s user interface, form, layout, and specialized Widgets, showing how they work and how to use them most effectively. Among the Widgets, he covers in detail: Date Pickers, Rich Text Editors, Combo Boxes, Expandable Outlines, and many others. In conclusion, Harmon introduces the Dojo toolkit’s powerful capabilities for simplifying AJAX development.

Ajax gives web developers the potential to create rich user-centered Internet applications. But Ajax also adds a new level of complexity and sophistication to those applications. Ajax in Practice tackles Ajax head-on, providing countless hands-on techniques and tons of reusable code to address the specific issues developers face when building Ajax-driven solutions.

After a brief overview of Ajax, this book takes the reader through dozens of working examples, presented in an easy-to-use cookbook format. Readers will learn how to implement drag-and-drop interfaces and discover how to create effective navigation strategies for their applications. Unlike a traditional cookbook, Ajax in Practice provides a thorough discussion of each technique presented and shows how the individual components can be connected to create powerful solutions. A fun "mash-up" chapter concludes the book. Throughout the book, the examples chosen are interesting, entertaining, and practical.
With this book you will:

* Go beyond what Ajax is and learn how to put Ajax to work.
* Master numerous techniques for user interface design and site navigation.
* Work hands-on with professional-grade reusable Ajax code designed to solve real problems.

Learn how to use AJAX(Asynchronous javascript and XML)to create Web applications that mirror the richness of desktop applications. Using easy-to-follow examples, "AJAX: A Beginner's Guide" gets you started working with this cutting-edge collection of technologies in no time. Create XMLHttpRequest objects and use javascript, XML, DHTML, CSS, PHP, and more to build next-generation Web applications. You'll also find out about a variety of free, pre-written AJAX frameworks you can use right away.

Dreamweaver CS4 is a massive step forward in terms of integration with the rest of the CS4 suite(Flash, Fireworks, Photoshop, etc.), and also includes a whole host of exciting new features of its own. The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS4 with CSS, Ajax, and PHP concentrates on getting the best out of Dreamweaver CS4, rather than going into every menu item and toolbar icon. The emphasis is on developing websites compliant with the latest web standards, using CSS, javascript libraries(with particular emphasis on Spry, Adobe's implementation of Ajax), and PHP.

The book covers all aspects of the new user interface, including workspace layouts, iconic panels, the related documents feature, Live View, Code Navigator, and Live Code. It also shows how to use the improved CSS editing features, and javascript code introspection. There is also coverage of other new features, such as version control through Subversion integration, and the improved support for Photoshop integration through the use of Smart Objects.