Courses

AJAX & Rich Internet Applications

Instructor: Mark DuBois

Schedule: This outline is tentative. Participants will be asked to complete a survey in late April so the class can be customized as much as possible. We will start with fundamentals and expand our knowledge and skills during the week.

Day 1

• A history of web applications and their evolution
• Introduction to rich Internet applications
• Review of core technologies
  • XHTML/ CSS refresher
  • JavaScript fundamentals/ refresher
  • XML fundamentals/ refresher
• Example applications
• Tools to assist (such as Firebug)

Day 2

• Using the XMLHttpRequest object
• Remote scripting and examples
• Application and interface design (including security and screen readers)
• AJAX frameworks
• Communicating with the server
• Interactions with XML files on the server

Day 3

• Implementing basic AJAX techniques
• Cross browser JavaScript
• Debugging JavaScript and tools which can help
• Interactions with databases on the server
• PHP and MySQL fundamentals
• .Net, Atlas and SQL Server fundamentals

Day 4

• Building sample applications
• Web services fundamentals/ refresher
• AJAX and web services

Day 5

• More advanced applications (if time permits)
• Alternative tools
• Alternative technologies (predominantly Adobe Flash)