In this book, we give a detailed account of how to program fluid, interactive websites

using server- and client-side coding techniques and tools, as well as how to combine these

to produce a slick, desktop-application-like user experience using Ajax.

The programming languages used in this book include the ubiquitous Javascr ipt (for

client-side programming) and the immensely popular open-source PHP language (for server-

side scr ipting, and available with the majority of web-hosting packages). The nuts and

bolts of Ajax programming are described in detail, as well as the use of several advanced

open-source frameworks that contain ready-written code for quickly building state-of-theart

interactive sites.