AJAX and PHP: Building Modern Web Applications 2nd Edition Table Of contents

Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: The World of AJAX and PHP
Chapter 2: JavaScript and the AJAX Client
Chapter 3: Object Oriented JavaScript
Chapter 4: Using PHP and MySQL on the Server
Chapter 5: AJAX Form Validation
Chapter 6: Debugging and Profiling AJAX Applications
Chapter 7: Advanced Patterns and Techniques
Chapter 8: AJAX Chat with jQuery
Chapter 9: AJAX Grid
Appendix: Preparing Your Working Environment
Index

• Preface

• Chapter 1: The World of AJAX and PHP
  • The big picture
    • AJAX and Web 2.0
  • Building websites since 1990
    • HTTP and HTML
    • PHP and other server-side technologies
    • JavaScript and other client-side technologies
    • What's missing?
  • The world of AJAX
    • What is AJAX made of?
    • Uses and misuses of AJAX
    • Resources and tools
  • Setting up your environment
  • Building a simple application with AJAX and PHP
  • Summary

• Chapter 2: JavaScript and the AJAX Client
  • JavaScript and the Document Object Model
  • JavaScript events and the DOM
  • Even more DOM
  • JavaScript, DOM, and CSS
  • Using the XMLHttpRequest object
    • Creating the XMLHttpRequest object
      • JavaScript exception handling
      • Creating better objects for Internet Explorer 6
    • Initiating server requests using XMLHttpRequest
    • Handling server response
  • Working with XML structures
    • Handling more errors and throwing exceptions
    • Creating XML structures
  • Summary

• Chapter 3: Object Oriented JavaScript
  • Why is OOP in JavaScript important?
  • Object-oriented programming concepts
    • Encapsulation
    • Inheritance
    • Polymorphism
  • Object-oriented programming with JavaScript
    • JavaScript objects are dictionaries
    • JavaScript functions
      • JavaScript functions are first-class objects
      • Inner functions
      • Closures
    • JavaScript classes
      • Constructors
      • Class diagrams
      • Referencing external functions
      • Prototype objects
      • Instance methods and properties
      • Static methods and properties
      • Private members
    • The JavaScript execution context
      • var x, this.x, and x
      • Using the right context
  • JavaScript OOP in practice: Introducing JSON
    • JSON concepts
    • A simple JSON example

• Summary

• Chapter 4: Using PHP and MySQL on the Server
  • PHP, DOM, and XML
  • PHP and JSON
  • Passing parameters and handling PHP errors
  • Working with MySQL
    • Creating database tables
    • Manipulating data
    • Connecting to your database and executing queries
  • Summary

• Chapter 5: AJAX Form Validation
  • Implementing AJAX form validation
  • XMLHttpRequest, version 2
  • AJAX form validation
  • Summary

• Chapter 6: Debugging and Profiling AJAX Applications
  • Debugging and profiling with Internet Explorer
    • Enabling debugging in Internet Explorer 6 and 7
    • Debugging in Internet Explorer 8
    • Other Internet Explorer debugging tools
  • Debugging and profiling with Firefox
    • Firebug
    • Venkman JavaScript debugger
    • Web Developer
  • Summary

• Chapter 7: Advanced Patterns and Techniques
  • Predictive fetching pattern
  • Progress indicator pattern
  • Unobtrusive JavaScript
  • Progressive enhancement and graceful degradation
  • Asynchronous file upload with AJAX
    • HTTP and how file upload works
    • Iframe for asynchronous file upload with AJAX
  • Cross-domain calls
    • Cross-domain calls using a server proxy
    • Cross-domain calls using Flash
    • Cross-domain calls using iframes
    • Cross-domain calls using JSONP
  • Cross-site request forgery
    • JSON hijacking
    • Mitigations of CSRF
  • Cross-site scripting
    • Exploits
      • Non-persistent XSS
      • Persistent XSS
    • Mitigations of XSS
      • Input validation
      • Escaping
      • Cookies security
  • Summary

• Chapter 8: AJAX Chat with jQuery
  • Chatting using AJAX
  • jQuery
    • Before we get started
    • The first steps
      • jQuery DOM Selectors
      • jQuery wrapper object
    • Method chaining
    • Event handling
    • A simple example
    • Basic concepts
  • AJAX chat
    • The chat application
  • Summary

• Chapter 9: AJAX Grid
  • Implementing the AJAX data grid
    • Code overview
      • The database
      • Styles and colors
      • The server side
      • Creating the grid, step by step
  • Summary

• Appendix: Preparing Your Working Environment
  • Installing XAMPP
    • Installing XAMPP on Windows
    • Installing XAMPP on Linux
  • Preparing the AJAX database

• Index