Ajax Training

Course details

This Ajax course explains how to use Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) to create interactive & dynamic web pages.

After completing our Ajax course you will be able to build web applications that does not require a page refresh. The complete course is hands-on based. Few practical Ajax based projects at the end of the course will ensure that you can apply Ajax on your web projects. Next to learning Ajax you will also get a chance to work with JSON and integrate jQuery, PHP with Ajax.

This Ajax training course can be taken as a part-time evening course or even on the weekends.

Who is this Ajax course for?

• This course is for you if you are interested in using Ajax on your web pages to create advanced, dynamic, feature-rich web pages.

Learn from Ajax programmers

• Global Academy's consultants have been implementing professional Ajax and jQuery solutions across a range of web sites for many years. Those consultants write and teach our jQuery training courses, so their experience directly informs course contents.

Requirements for Ajax Course

• A good knowledge of HTML and CSS is required. Some of the courses that you can have a look at before taking this Ajax training include, web design course, jQuery course and either PHP course or ASP.net course.

Course contents
Introduction to Ajax

• What is Ajax?
• What can you do with Ajax?
• Ajax and Web 2.0
• Ajax Basics

Fundamentals

• HTML and CSS
• Ajax Frameworks

Advanced Javascript

• Data types and variables
• Operators and Statements
• Objects and Functions
• Introduction to Object Oriented Programming (OOP)

eXtensible Markup Language (XML)

• Syntax
• Rules
• XML and Ajax

The Document Object Model (DOM)

• HTML Objects and Properties
• Understanding the DOM
• Element and Access in Context
• Modifying the Tree

The XMLHttpRequest Object

• Overview
• Methods
• Properties
• Interaction
• GET vs. POST
• Handling the response
• Cross-browser Usage

Ajax with PHP

• The role of the server
• PHP and Ajax
• Getting XML data from PHP
• Handling Errors
• Server-side Frameworks
• Simple Applications

Ajax and Databases

• Introduction to MySQL
• Connecting to the Database
• Ajax, PHP and MySQL

Ajax with jQuery

• Overview
• jQuery Fundamentals
• Selectors
• Manipulating Elements
• Events
• Ajax with jQuery

Javascript Object Notation (JSON)

• Introduction to JSON
• JSON Concepts
• JSON vs. XML

Ajax Best Practices

• Browser Issues
• Security
• The Back Button
• Degrading Javascript Gracefully
• Testing and Debugging

Project 1: Ajax based Auto-complete

• Build an AJAX based auto-complete in class

Project 2: Manipulating Tables on the fly

• Build a dynamic AJAX table that can fetch, manipulate and sort data on the fly.

Project 3: Ajax Form Validation

• Create and HTML form and validate it using AJAX without any page refresh.