Ajax Design Patterns: Creating Web 2.0 Sites with Programming and Usability Patterns

reviewed by Daniel MacKenzie

I’ll say this from the start, Ajax Design Patterns: Creating Web 2.0 Sites with Programming and Usability Patterns is not a book for beginners. You need at least some previous experience in JavaScript, HTML, PHP and other Internet scripts. There isn’t any beginner tutorials, so if you are interested in using Ajax, I would recommend you look into other beginner’s books, because this is hard-core programmer stuff.

Now, for the hard-core people; this book is all about how to use Ajax. It gives you walkthroughs of how to develop Ajax web applications with straight code and explains what is happening and when it’s happening. It goes through all of the components of Ajax and basically teaches you how to improve your web sites in various different ways. I’m not a programmer, but it seemed pretty easy and I liked the way they had it all laid out. From HTTP streaming to Live Searching, it’s all in this book.

There isn’t much else to say, because basically the book does what it is suppose to and it does it well. You learn how to use Ajax through a simple and effective way. Remember: Only suggested for more advanced Internet programmers.

Good job, Michael!