Ajax Training: Introduction to Ajax for Managers

Course Number: AJX-102
Duration: 1 day
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Ajax for Managers Training Overview

Ajax (Asynchronous Java and XML) has emerged as a powerful platform for building web applications with extensive client-side interactivity. Unlike older approaches, which require reloading of the entire page with every postback, Ajax uses the JavaScript DOM, the XMLHttpRequest object, XML, and CSS to download and display just the content that needs to change. This seminar, designed for managers, covers the fundamentals of Ajax, REST, and other Web 2.0 technologies.

Location and Pricing

Most Accelebrate courses are taught on-site at our clients' locations worldwide for groups of 3 or more attendees and are customized to their specific needs. Please visit our client list to see organizations for whom we have recently delivered training. These courses can also be delivered as live, private online classes for groups that are geographically dispersed or wish to save on the instructor's or students' travel expenses. To receive a customized proposal and price quote private training at your site or online, please contact us.

In addition, some courses are available as live, online classes for individuals. To see a schedule of online courses, please visit http://www.accelebrate.com/online_training/?action=category&page=ajax.

Alternative Course: Introduction to Ajax Development

If your group needs an intensive, four-day class on the mechanics and practice of Ajax development, we encourage you to consider Accelebrate's Introduction to Ajax Development course.

Ajax for Managers Training Prerequisites

No prior experience with Ajax is presumed.
Prior exposure to web development technologies is strongly recommended.

Software Needed on Each Student PC

Since this session is a one-day, interactive discussion with extensive live demonstrations by the instructor, no software other than a modern web browser (IE 7 or later, Safari 2 or later, or Firefox 3 or later) is needed on each Mac or PC.

Ajax for Managers Training Objective

To understand how Ajax applications differ from classic web applications
To identify how Ajax could be used within your organization.
To learn "in plain English" the roles of core Ajax technologies such as XHTML, CSS, JavaScropt, DOM, the XmlHttpRequestObject, JSON, and XSLT.
To explore the advantages and disadvantages of the leading, emerging Ajax frameworks and development tools.

Ajax for Managers Training Outline

An Overview of Ajax

Brief Terminology definitions - Ajax, REST, DOM, Web 2.0 (just a brief high-level overview suitable for product folks and high-level tech managers)
Why does Ajax/REST/Web 2.0 matter? A brief overview of the types of applications that are being built with Ajax and the target markets.
How the design of Ajax applications differs from traditional web applications
How Ajax integrates with server-side applications and frameworks

Ajax: The Technical Details

A tour of the mechanics of Ajax – how requests are sent to the server and how data is retrieved and displayed

Using XML
Using JSON (JavaScript Object Notation), which is often more bandwidth and performance efficient than XML

The roles of DOM, CSS, and JavaScript in Ajax applications
Working with some of the leading Ajax- and DHTML-related libraries

Prototype
Script.aculo.us
Dojo and Rico

Consuming RSS and REST data via Ajax
Overview of RSS and REST
Using XSLT to convert RSS and REST data to XHTML
Integrating your web apps with third party applications via those third parties' Ajax APIs (with a mapping example from Yahoo Maps)

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