• Welcome
• System Requirements

• Downloading Data Behind the Scenes
• Modifying Web Pages on the Fly
• Searching in Real Time with Live Searches
• Getting the Answer With Autocomplete
• Dragging and Dropping HTML Elements With Ajax

• Working With JavaScript in Browsers 
• Creating an XMLHttpRequest Object in JavaScript 
• Checking the XMLHttpRequest Object's readyState
• property 
• Checking the XMLHttpRequest Object's status property 
• Getting Your Data With the XMLHttpRequest Object 
• Problems creating an XMLHttpRequest Object 
• Fetching Text Data From the Browser 
• Decoding the Fetched Data   
• Selecting Relative or Absolute URLs 
• Getting XMLHttpRequest Objects in Other Ways 
• Using Server-Side Scripting 
• Storing Ajax Data in XML 
• Passing Data to the Server with GET 
• Passing Data to the Server with POST 

• Determining Which Browser the User Has
• Handling Head Requests for More Data
• Creating a Live Search Pt.1
• Creating a Live Search Pt.2
• Connecting to Google Suggest  
• Calling a Different Domain Safely
• Using Two XMLHttpRequest objects
• Handling Multiple XMLHttpRequest Requests
•  Returning JavaScript Objects From the Server

Creating Ajax Applications

• Downloading Images Using Ajax
• Creating a Shopping Cart
• Handling Mouse Events
• Enabling Dragging
• Handling Drops
• Communicating With the Shopping Cart on the Server
• Creating an Ajax-driven Drop-down Menu System
•  Downloading Data with Drop-down Menu System
•  Displaying a Menu with a Drop-down Menu System
  
  

Exploring The Browser-Side Ajax Frameworks

• Introducing Ajax Frameworks
• Creating Ajax With libXmlRequest
• Creating Ajax With AjaxLib
• Creating Ajax With XHConn
• Creating Ajax With Sack
• Creating Ajax With Interactive Website Framework
• Creating Ajax With Sarissa
   
  

• Creating Ajax With PHP and Sajax Pt.1
•  Creating Ajax With PHP and Sajax Pt.2
• Creating Ajax With PHP and Xajax
  

• Understanding XML
• Loading XML into a Browser Object
• Navigating through XML Documents Using JavaScript
• Extracting data from text nodes
• Handling White Space in Mozilla and Firefox
• Accessing Attribute Values in XML Elements
• Accessing XML Elements by Name
• Validating XML You Get From the Server
• Validating XML With a DTD
  
  

• Introducing CSS
• Setting Styles
• Using an External Style Sheet
• Working with Text Styles
• Setting Colors and Backgrounds
• Getting Newly-displayed Text Noticed
• Showing Ajax Results
• Hiding Ajax Results
• Positioning Elements
• Positioning Elements: Absolute Positioning
• Positioning Elements: Relative Positioning
• Stacking
  

• Using PHP in Web Pages
• Understanding Basic PHP Syntax
• Working With Variables
• Working With Operators
• Working With Strings
• Working With Arrays
• Making Choices With the if Statement
• Using the switch Statement
• Using for Loops in PHP
• Using while Loops in PHP  
• Sending Data to the Server
• Extracting Data from Checkboxes
• Extracting Data from Radio Buttons
• Extracting Data from Listboxes
• Uploading Files
• Reading Uploaded Files
•  Redirecting the Browser
  
  

• Handling the Back Button
• Remember - Google Can't See Your Ajax Content
• Watching Out for Browser Caching  
• Giving Visual Cues
• Wrap-up