• What is AJAX?
• The Old Way
• The AJAX Way
• Two Key Aspects of AJAX
• What are the Advantages of the AJAX Approach?
• The Basic AJAX API
• Creating the XMLHttpRequest Object
• The XMLHttpRequest Object Basics

XHTML

• What is XHTML?
• The DTD and MIME Type
• The Basic Syntax
• Embedding XHTML in a XML Document
• Differences with HTML 4
• Embedding Scripts and Styles
• The Standard Attributes
• The <div> Element
• The <span> Element

JavaScript DOM API

• What is DOM?
• Element Hierarchy
• DOM Standardization
• The Document Object
• Nodes and Elements
• The Element Object
• Element Event Handlers
• The Window Object
• The Frame Object
• The History Object

AJAX API Details

• The Request Object
• Creating the Request Object
• The Request Object
• Simple GET Example
• Making a POST Request
• Making Concurrent Requests
• Memory Leak with Inner Function
• A POST Utility Function
• Mozilla XMLHttpRequest Extensions
• IE Microsoft.XMLHttp Extensions
• AJAX Caching
• Control Cache Duration
• Advanced Cache Control

CSS2

• New in CSS2
• Basic Syntax
• Creating a Style Sheet
• Value Types
• Selectors
• Grouping Elements
• The Box Model
• Box Properties
• The Visual Formatting Model
• Types of Boxes
• Display Property
• Positioning Schemes
• The Position Property
• Relative Positioning
• The Float Property
• The Clear Property
• Absolute Positioning
• Layered Presentation
• Color Property
• Background Properties

Advanced DOM

• The Event Object
• Event Bubbling
• Creating and Initializing an Event
• Dispatching an Event
• Handling Events
• Register Using HTML Markup
• Register Using Element Property
• Register Using DOM API
• Best Practice
• Canceling Default Action
• Working with Styles
• The Style Object
• Setting Style of an Element
• Working with Style Sheets
• DOM HTML API
• Table DOM Objects
• The HTMLTableElement Object
• The HTMLTableRowElement Object
• The HTMLTableCellElement Object
• The Form Element Objects
• The HTMLFormElement Object
• The HTMLInputElement Object
• The HTMLSelectElement Object
• The HTMLOptionElement Element

Communication with Server - Basic

• Application Layer Protocol
• Plain HTML Snippet
• XML Document
• XML Document Server Side
• C#: Create a XML DOM Document
• C#: Outupt XML in HTTP Reply
• XML Document - Client Side
• DOM API Summary
• DOM API The Document Object
• DOM API The Element Object
• Body Text of an Element
• Setting Body TExt
• Displaying Body Text
• Using XML as Request Data
• Creating a New DOM Document
• Serializing DOM Document as Text
• Posting an XML Document
• Processing the Posted XML from a Servlet

Communication with Server - JSON

• JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)
• JSON Syntax
• How Does JSON Based Communication Work?
• JSON: Server Side
• JSON: Client Side
• Working with Arrays
• Advanced JSONObject Methods
• Advanced JSONArray Methods