Ajax is at the heart of the Web 2.0 revolution. It isn't a technology but, rather, is a technique that leverages other technologies and techniques, such as CSS, XML, DHTML, and XHTML. Many Web designers and programmers would like to incorporate Ajax in their projects because of the amazing functionality it can add to a Web site, but they can't because of the steep learning curve. That's where this book steps in. It makes learning Ajax fun and easy -- a great place to start! Visual QuickProject Guides focus on a single project. In this case the project is creating a business employee directory, like an address book. What's being created is a better, new kind of Web site.

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Great guide - Do It Yourself - 2008-10-24
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I must admit I was disappointed when I first opened this book. Large fonts, half-empty pages, I thought they just wanted to extend 20-30 page text to 140+ and make money.
I was wrong, I mistakenly thought that this was going to be like PHP6 & MySql5 from the same author. That book is a heavy one with 600+ pages where author goes into every single detail.

However, this book is 100% practical guide. It's like Larry is teaching you a lesson how to implement that darn Javascript/Ajax that you tried but couldn't and explains to you everything he does! Clean, simple and elegant.
So for 13-14$ you can't ask for more and definitely is worth it!
I like his attitude, his style and he REALLY *knows how*!

good visual guide - 2008-04-27
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very concise yet descriptive illustrations for creating a project with AJAX. Of course it is not a Bible for this technology, but a very very handy book which gived the basic idea.

Building a Website With AJAX - 2009-10-26
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Generally I find the Visual QuickProduct series quite useful and well organized. They are for those who want to just scratch the surface though, so some more-in-depth material is useful if you want to get down to the nuts and bolts of an application. This particular Visual QuickProject has one slight flaw in that it presents each project step by step - usually each step occupies two or more pages - so you have flip back and forth to put the steps together to get the big picture. The projects are generically useful and cover many areas where AJAX is a useful tool.

Very informative book - 2008-11-10
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Very good resource, it is a very good book and I highly recommend it. It is designed for people who know web programming but are want to learn Ajax, and it has helped me.

Great introduction - 2008-07-01
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This will not be the last thing you want to read about Ajax, but it should be the first. Great introduction: clearly written, easy to follow sample code, and thankfully concise.

The author has put up a supporting web site. There's a forum and the author responds to questions. He has also provided all the sample code on the site. You can also copy and paste the SQL statements to create the database, tables, and insert the sample data.

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