This highly practical Ajax Primer course on JavaScript, DOM and JSON will solidify your understanding of core Ajax technologies upon which successful Ajax programming and web 2.0 development relies. Upon completion of this Ajax Primer course you will be familiar with a number of JavaScript and DOM development tools and techniques, understand how to apply JavaScript Event Models and how to use understand DOM manipulation methods.

JavaScript

• The JavaScript Language
• JavaScript’s influence on Functional Programming
• JavaScript’s influence on OO Programming
  • Objects as associative arrays
  • Functions as Objects
  • Closures

The DOM

• How does DOM work
• Standard DOM Methods
• Useful DOM shortcuts

JavaScript Event Model

• Introducing the Classic Event Model
• Introducing the W3C Event Model
• Programmatically attaching Events
• Leveraging Closures as a concise way of attaching Events

Getting started with Ajax

• Ajax from a business, design and coding perspective
• Good coding practices
• Scaling your code