Book Description

If you're a web developer with previous JavaScript and DOM scripting experience, Pro DOM Scripting with Ajax, APIs, and Libraries is perfect for you to take your knowledge up to the next level, with coverage of the latest techniques and real-world practical projects to help you learn by example.

* The first part of the book focuses on methodology and technologies for rapid development with JavaScript, including OOP and events, but also Ajax frameworks and JavaScript libraries.

* The second part of the book includes three complete projects for you to learn from: form validation, mashups, and UI design.

* All the example code in the book is built around the modern scripting principles of progressive enhancement and unobtrusive scripting, with usability and accessibility always in mind.

About the Author

Jonathan Snook is a self-professed web geek who's been involved in developing web sites since 1995. With over 6 years of web agency experience, he has brought his talents to projects with clients such as FedEx, Apple, Red Bull, and the Canadian Red Cross.

Jonathan currently works as a freelance web developer out of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and writes on web development for his site Snook.ca.

Aaron pushed pixels and bits as a freelancer for many top companies (Aetna, Deloitte & Touche, Delta Airlines, Guinness, IBM and Scholastic, to name a few) before taking a position at Cronin and Company, a regional advertising agency. At Cronin, Aaron got the Digital department off the ground and set the standards (pun intended) for all web development within the agency. His work on websites for Bertucci's Restaurants, Konica Minolta, Mystic Aquarium, TriZetto and several Connecticut state agencies garnered numerous state, national and international awards for Cronin, for both design and web standards. In early 2006, Aaron left Cronin to focus on building his own web shop (Easy! Designs, LLC) and writing more.

In addition to being a member of the Web Standards Project (WaSP), Aaron sits on the Advisory Panel for WOW (formerly World Organization of Webmasters) and is a member of the Guild of Accessible Web Designers (GAWDS). He serves as Production Editor for A List Apart, is a contributing writer for Digital Web Magazine, and recently contributed several chapters to the newly-updated Web Design in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition (O'Reilly). Aaron has been a featured speaker at numerous conferences including COMDEX, MacWorld and SXSW and has been called on to provide web standards training in both government and corporations.

He blogs at easy-reader.net.

Stuart Langridge is quite possibly the only person in the world to have a BS in computer Science and philosophy. When he's not fiddling about with computers, he's an information architect, author of SitePoint's "DHTML Utopia," a member of the WaSP's Scripting Task Force, and a drinker of decent beers. He's also one-quarter of the team at LugRadio, the world's premiere free and open source software radio show. Dan Webb is a web application developer and renowned JavaScript expert who has spoken at @media 2006, RailsConf Europe, and The Ajax Experience; written for A List Apart and Sitepoint; and is a member of UK web design group the Brit Pack. More recently, he's written the Low Pro extension for Prototype, coauthored the Unobtrusive JavaScript plug-in, and become a member of the newly formed Prototype Core Team.