AJAX and PHP: Building Responsive Web Applications
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Book Contents Index > Chapter 5

Introduction
1: AJAX and the Future Of Web Applications
2: Client-Side Techniques with Smarter JavaScript
3: Server-Side Techniques with PHP and MySQL
4: AJAX Form Validation
5: AJAX Chat & JSON
6: AJAX Suggest and Autocomplete
7: SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)
8: AJAX Grid  
9: AJAX RSS Reader
10: AJAX Drag and Drop
Appendix A: Configuring Your Working Environment
Appendix B: Using Smarter Tools to Write Better Code
Appendix C: Advanced XML

Index

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Chapter 5: AJAX Chat & JSON
We are living in a world where communication has become very important and there is a real need to be able to communicate with others. When we talk about communications, we refer to email, phone, postal letters, and online chat. They offer a medium through which a small number of people can exchange thoughtful ideas in form of written words.. Another important aspect when communicating with each other is the responsiveness factor. While emails and letters don't offer a live feedback from the other participants, phone and chat offer a more dynamic way to communicate. In this chapter we will build an AJAX-enabled online chat solution.

*UPDATE* Following suggestions from customers, Packt has updated AJAX and PHP: Building Responsive Web Applications to now cover JSON, a document format that can be used as an alternative to XML. Chapter 5, the AJAX Chat Case Study, now introduces JSON theory and also uses JSON instead of XML in the code.

The updated chapter is free and can be downloaded from: www.packtpub.com/files/AJAX-Chat-and-JSON.pdf [1 MB]

 

Chapter 5: AJAX Chat & JSON
  • Introducing AJAX Chat
    • AJAX Chat Solutions
       
  • Implementing AJAX Chat
     
  • Summary
   

 

Paperback 250 pages
Released: February 2005
ISBN: 1847192825
ISBN 13:
978-1-904811-82-4

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