Basics

New to Ajax? Attend sessions that give you a solid foundation on key Ajax concepts and essential toolkits and frameworks. Browse the introductory sessions, or select a title.

Basics

•Client-Side Framework Overview with John Resig, founder of jQuery

With so many Ajax framework options available, it’s difficult to select the right one for your project. During this session, jQuery founder John Resig gives you a tour of the most important open source client-side JavaScript frameworks. You’ll learn everything from features, to coding style, to file size, to community and growth; helping you to make an informed decision into your next framework choice. Frameworks covered include:

  • • Prototype
    • Dojo
    • jQuery
    • Yahoo UI
    • Mootools
    • Ext.

•Discovering Prototype with Christophe Porteneuve

Developing Web 2.0 apps without any reliable JavaScript framework is a daunting task. Prototype is one of the leading JavaScript libraries around, and it also serves as foundation to many popular JavaScript frameworks. In this session, Prototype core team member Christophe Porteneuve reviews all the important features of Prototype, starting with a quick, targeted JavaScript redux to help make the code easier to understand, and moving on to JavaScript extensions, DOM extensions, Ajax capabilities and more. You’ll learn how to:

  • • Write portable JavaScript;
    • Explore and manipulate the DOM in a much easier way;
    • Leverage the power of Ajax;
    • Reduce the time spent on scripting while enhancing readability and portability.

•Intro to jQuery with John Resig, Founder of jQuery

jQuery is a concise open source JavaScript Library used for Document Object Model (DOM) traversal, event handling, Ajax requests, and animations. In this introduction you’ll gain fundamental knowledge on how to use jQuery to write smaller code, faster. Whether you’re new to JavaScript entirely or experienced with JavaScript but looking to shorten and simplify your code, jQuery is a framework you need to be familiar with. During this session, framework founder John Resig provides a real-time demo and hands-on walk-through on writing an animated Accordion widget and Ajax to-do list from scratch.

•JSON Overview with Douglas Crockford, creator of JSON

JSON is quickly becoming the world's most popular data interchange format. It is simple, textual, and is able to represent the data structures used in modern programming languages.Get exclusive insight on the state, relevance, and future of JSON from its founder, Douglas Crockford. You’ll learn:

  • • Why JSON is an ideal data-interchange language, and the simple alternative to using XML for asynchronously transmitting structured information between client and server.
    • In-depth details on JSON’s basic types: Boolean, object, array, value and string.
    • Pros and cons of using JSON instead of XML for asynchronous programming and more.