Prentice Hall Pubs AJAX, RIAs, and Web Development for Programmers
You'll have everything you need to build Web 2.0 applications with AJAX, Rich Internet Applications, & Web Development for Programmers. The book presents concepts in the context of more than 180 fully tested programs (18, 000+ lines of code), complete with syntax shading, detailed descriptions, and sample outputs. Inside, you'll find hundreds of tips that will help you build robust internet applications. Start with a short introduction to XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and then move on to more advanced client-side development with DOM, XML, AJAX, JSON, and other RIA technologies. After that, you'll go on to server-side development with web servers, databases, PHP, Ruby on Rails, ASP.NET, JavaServer Faces, and web services. You can also Download code examples and more from deitel.com. You'll feel like a real Wizard when you're done. Web 2.0 XHTML, CSS, JavaScript DOM, XML, RSS AJAX-Enabled Rich Internet Applications JSON, Dojo, Script.aculo.us Adobe Flash CS3 and Flex Web Servers (IIS and Apache) Database (SQL, MySQL, ADO.NET and Java DB) PHP, Ruby on Rails ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX JavaServer Faces (JSF) SOAP-Based Web Services in Java REST-Based Web Services in ASP.NET Mashups And more...

