Web Development with JavaScript and AJAX teaches your students the cutting-edge techniques for web development for Web 2.0 and 3.0. Ideal for the undergraduate student delving into the world of web development, this text illustrates how to create dynamic, interactive web applications with ease. Interesting real-world case studies are integrated throughout the text, offering students a glimpse of actual web development scenarios. AJAX is quickly becoming the number one tool in the Web industry. Make sure your students are up to speed using Web Development with JavaScript and AJAX. Instructor's materials, including PowerPoint lecture slides, test items, and PowerPoint figures and tables, are available. Contact your sales representative for more information. Key topics include: Introduction to Web 2.0 and Web 3.0, HTML, XHTML, and JavaScript, AJAX Basics, Server Side Technology, AJAX with database, and much more!
I took a class in web development about a year ago, and was required to read this book. The whole experience was awful, as I was taught a lot of outdated stuff by my mentor, and on top of all that, this book sucked donkey's behind. The reason to that is quite obvious. The book touches every single topic that there possibly is to web development; from the emergence of the Internet, to its future, and tries to cram all that information into 400 pages. It even tries to teach you everything from html, css, javascript, xml, dojo toolkit, apache web server, and A LOT of other stuff. As soon as the book touches one subject, and you actually start learning something, it skips to another one, leaving you confused and angry.
STAY AWAY FROM THIS BOOK 'CAUSE IT EATS BABIES AND YOUR BRAIN CELLS!