Praise for other Head First books by the authors
“When arriving home after a 10-hour day at the office programming, who has the energy to plow through yet another new facet of emerging technology? If a developer is going to invest free time in self-driven career development, should it not be at least remotely enjoyable? Judging from the content of O’Reilly’s new release Head Rush Ajax, the answer is yes...Head Rush Ajax is a most enjoyable launchpad into the world of Ajax web applications, well worth the investment in time and money.”
—Barry Hawkins, Slashdot.org
“By starting with simple concepts and examples, the book gently takes the reader from humble beginnings to (by the end of the book) where the reader should be comfortable creating Ajax-based websites... Probably the best web designer centric book on Ajax.”
—Stefan Mischook, Killersites.com
“Using the irreverent style common of the Head First/Head Rush series of books, this book starts at the beginning and introduces you to all you need to know to be able to write the JavaScript that will both send requests to the server and update the page with the results when they are returned... One of the best things about this book (apart form the excellent explanations of how the code works) is that it also looks at security issues... If you learn Ajax from this book you are unlikely to forget much of what you learn.”
—Stephen Chapman, JavaScript.About.com
“Head Rush Ajax is the book if you want to cut through all the hype and learn how ...