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CHAPTER 8

Distributed Computing

CHAPTER CONTENTS

8.1 Distributed Computing Models

8.2 Data Interchange Formats

8.2.1 Plain Text

8.2.2 XML the Sandbox

8.3 Synchronous vs. Asynchronous

8.4.1 Ajax in jQuery

8.4.2 Ajax Without a Library

8.5 Designing Distributed Applications

8.5.1 Uniform Resource Identifiers

8.5.3 Separation of Distributed Application Concerns

8.5.4 Server-Side Technologies*

8.6 Security

8.6.1 The Web, the Bad, and

8.6.2 The Same Origin Policy

8.6.3 Cross-Site Scripting

8.6.4 Mashups Communication

8.7 Case Study: Events and Trending Topics

8.7.1 Date Selection User Interface

8.7.2 Ajax Connection

8.7.3 Result Processing

8.7.4 Data (Mashup) Display

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