Mark Lassoff – Ajax Development

Mark Lassoff – Ajax DevelopmentCreate Elegant, Powerful Web and Mobile Applications Using AJAX.You’ve learned a little Javascript, but you still look at websites with slick, smooth and elegant user interfaces and want to know how web developers create that. The answer is simple: Ajax. You’ve probably heard of it, but you’ve always wondered “What is Ajax”? Ajax is simply Asynchronous Javascript and XML. By taking our Ajax course, you can make pages on your web application respond quickly, and with a minimum of screen refreshes.With our Ajax course and a little Javascript knowledge you can use Ajax to take database information and store, alter, sort and conditionally format it all on the client side. This minimizes the load on your server and makes your applications respond quickly and without reloading the HTML page. Ajax communicates with the server behind the scenes while your user continues to use your web site, accessing the information they want. Our course will show you numerous Ajax examples and help you become proficient in using Ajax.In our Ajax course, master trainer Mark Lassoff takes you through the basics of Ajax right to advanced topics like parsing JSON responses from web services. Our Ajax course is recommended for all web developers who want to improve their client side skills, and make professional, fast and responsive web applications.Your HostMark LassoffMark Lassoff is the founder of and lead instructor at LearnToProgram.tv. Mark has always considered himself a teacher first and a technologist second. With over 20 years experience teaching computer science Mark knows how to make complex technical concepts understandably. Mark’s previous experience encompasses everything from ups to Fortune 500 companies.Mark is the author of six programming books and dozens of online courses. He lives in Connecticut where he’s redecorating his condo. Want to help?EpisodesWhat is Ajax?Ajaxified Websites (4:10)Dynamic Content Placement (6:57)The XMLHTTP Request Object (9:08)Making Ajax Requests (8:42)Parameterized Ajax Requests (13:58)Chapter 1 Lab ExerciseAjax and XMLReceiving XML Data (7:52)Displaying XML Data in a Table (11:47)Manipulating XML Data in the DOM (15:59)Chapter 2 Lab ExerciseAjax and JSONWhat is JSON? (9:40)Displaying JSON Data (11:22)Building a JSON Object for Server Consumption (20:41)Chapter 3 Lab ExerciseXSLTCreating an XSLT Stylesheet (9:53)XSLT Elements (8:47)Chapter 4 Lab ExerciseAjax with the jQuery FrameworkUsing Ajax with jQuery (8:22)Using Ajax with JSON (7:10)Chapter 5 Lab ExerciseAjax and PHPUsing PHP with XML Data (17:53)Using PHP with JSON Data (5:24)