10 Minutes is all you need to learn how to…
-Promote user interaction on your website
-Utilize web services with SOAP and the REST protocol
-Learn about JavaScript libraries and the Prototype’s Toolkit
-Use the XMLHTTPRequest object
-Communicate with the server
-Use returned data
-Compile an Ajax application
-Run Asynchronous HTML and HTTP
-Return data as XML
-Create web services with the REST and SOAP protocols
-Avoid common errors
-Use existing Ajax libraries

Introduction
Part 1. Arefresher on Web Technologies
1. Anatomy of a Website
2. Writing Web Pages in HTML
3. Sending Requests Using HTTP
4. Client-Side Coding Using JavaScript
5. Server-Side Programming in PHP
6. A Breif Introduction to XML
Part 2. Introducing Ajax
7. Anatomy of an Ajax Application
8. The XMLHTTPRequest Object
9. Talking with the Server
10. Using the Returned Data


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