Tag Archives: AJAX

JavaScript – The Definitive Guide

JavaScript – The Definitive Guide 6th edition, David Flanagan, David – 2011 Programmers will want to read this book. It was the first and is still the best Javascript reference book. This 6th edition is updated to cover HTML5. The … Continue reading

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JavaScript & AJAX for Dummies

JavaScript & AJAX for Dummies / by Andy Harris, Wiley, 2010 When you are learning to program in Javascript, there are many opportunities and many pitfalls. This book will get you past the beginner level fast, and well into the … Continue reading

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JavaScript Frameworks : Prototype, YUI, Ext JS, Dojo and MooTools

Professional JavaScript Frameworks : Prototype, YUI, Ext JS, Dojo and MooTools / Leslie Michael Orchard, Wiley Publishing, 2009 Web app programmers will find this book really useful. 800 pages, well written, practical, with example code. Topics include: The Prototype framework: … Continue reading

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XML : a Beginner’s Guide

XML : a Beginner’s Guide : go beyond the basics with Ajax, XHTML, XPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0, and XQuery / Steven Holzner, McGraw-Hill, 2009 Programming with AJAX, XSLT, XPath, and XQuery. Well written, many examples, 400 pages.

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JavaScript Programmer’s Reference

JavaScript Programmer’s Reference / Alexei White, Wiley, 2009 This book seems to cover all the details of JavaScript, and is quite readable. The cover claims that it is for the beginner and the seasoned veteran, but the beginner would be … Continue reading

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Prototype and Scriptaculous IN ACTION

Prototype and Scriptaculous IN ACTION / Dave Crane, Bear Bibeault, Manning, 2007. There is little sense in coding raw Javascript when libraries like this are available. This book is an excellent introduction and user guide. 500 pages.

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jQuery in Action

jQuery in Action / Bear Bibeault, Manning, 2008 If your web app involves lots of javascript, then you probably should be using the jQuery library. This book is a very readable introduction. 300 pages.

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Internet & World Wide Web : how to program

Internet & World Wide Web : how to program / P.J. Deitel, H.M. Deitel, Pearson Prentice Hall 2008 This book is an excellent guide to programming web apps.  Flash, Flex, PHP, Ruby, AJAX, DB’s, CSS, DOM, RSS… A colorful cover … Continue reading

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Programming ASP.NET 3.5

Programming ASP.NET 3.5 / Jesse Liberty, O’Reilly, 2009 Microsoft has been making great strides in recent years, and many of us need to know how to use its tools. This book is a good way to keep up to date. … Continue reading

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Professional ASP.NET 3.5 Ajax

Professional ASP.NET 3.5 Ajax, Wiley, 2009 Here is a book with practical example code. 500 pages.

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