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Essential Skills--Made Easy!Learn how to use Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) to create Web applications that mirror the richness of desktop applications. Using easy-to-follow examples, Ajax: A Beginner's Guide gets you started working with this cutting-edge collection of technologies in no time. Create XMLHttpRequest objects and use JavaScript, XML, DHTML, CSS, PHP, and more to build next-generation Web applications. You'll also find out about a variety of free, pre-written Ajax frameworks you can use right away. Designed for Easy Learning: Key Skills Concepts--Lists of specific skills covered in the chapter Ask the Expert--QA sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips Try This--Hands-on exercises that show how to apply your skil...

With its pre-coded modules, open source Joomla! is popular for building interactive Web sites without writing code. This Web site design tool lets you build sites with discussions, polling, RSS feeds, picture submissions, shopping carts, and a lot more, quickly and easily and the quickest, easiest way to learn how to use it is Joomla! For Dummies.Learn to link articles on your site with drop-down menus, invite visitors to rate content, enable a full-site search, let your guests sign up for e-mail lists, and much more. Joomla! For Dummies helps you to:Acquire the free Joomla! content management system, install it, and customize the home pageSee how menus control the elements in Joomla! and use menu items to create your page layoutUse templates powerfu...

There's a pattern here, and here's how to use it!Find out how the 23 leading design patterns can save you time and troubleEver feel as if you've solved this programming problem before? You -- or someone -- probably did, and that's why there's a design pattern to help this time around. This book shows you how (and when) to use the famous patterns developed by the "Gang of Four," plus some new ones, all designed to make your programming life easier.Discover how to:* Simplify the programming process with design patterns* Make the most of the Decorator, Factory, and Adapter patterns* Identify which pattern applies* Reduce the amount of code needed for a task* Create your own patterns...

Ajax is short for 'Asynchronous JavaScript+CSS+DOM+XMLHttpRequest.Even if you weren't intimidated before, that tidbit is probably enough to make you reach for the Excedrin. Just reach for Ajax For Dummies instead. With screen shots, actual code and explanations, and live Web sites where you can see Ajax applications doing their thing, it will have you using Ajax to create Web applications that look an act like desktop applications in no time. With Ajax, you can speed up and clean up your Web applications. Shoppers at your online store can fill their carts without waiting for multiple page refreshes. Searchers on your sites can get instant results on the same page.This guide takes you on a tour of how Ajax is used today, complete with examples of Ajax...