<b>Supercharge Your Sites with Ajax Right Now...No Scripting Expertise Needed!</b> <p style="margin: 0px;"></p> <p style="margin: 0px;">You've heard how great Ajax is--how it can help make your Web sites more usable, more interactive, more responsive, more successful. <i><b>Ajax Construction Kit </b></i>lets you put Ajax to work <i>right now, </i>even if you've never written a script! Just learn a few essentials, check out a few examples, then run the live CD and discover all the plug-and-play code you need to hit the ground running. <i><b>Ajax Construction Kit</b></i>'s built-in applications work right out of the box. And with easy guidance from Michael Morrison, you'll gradually deepen your understanding--learn how to customize, extend, and reuse these applications---and even build skills for creating new ones. <i>Walk away an expert.</i></p> <p style="margin: 0px;"><i> </i></p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Use <i><b>Ajax Construction Kit</b></i>'s ten complete applications to</p> <ul> <li> <div style="margin: 0px;">Dynamically load Web data</div> </li><li> <div style="margin: 0px;">Dynamically populate lists</div> </li><li> <div style="margin: 0px;">Tap into RSS news feeds</div> </li><li> <div style="margin: 0px;">Use AutoComplete to reduce input errors</div> </li><li> <div style="margin: 0px;">Create more responsive GUIs with real-time validation</div> </li><li> <div style="margin: 0px;">Build a killer interface for viewing images</div> </li><li> <div style="margin: 0px;">Present information or advertising with slick pop-ups</div> </li><li> <div style="margin: 0px;">Provide an up-to-the-minute weather forecast</div> </li><li> <div style="margin: 0px;">Build an e-commerce product shipping calculator</div> </li><li> <div style="margin: 0px;">Add ratings tools to your site</div></li></ul> <p style="margin: 0px;"><i>And more...</i></p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0px;" sonormal="">CD-ROM Includes</p> <ul> <li> <div style="margin: 0px;"><i><b>Your complete Ajax projects: </b></i>Run the Ajax projects (HTML, JavaScript, and PHP source code) that are included on the CD from your Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux system.</div> </li><li> <div style="margin: 0px;"><i><b>Your complete Ajax environment: </b></i>Boot the CD as an Ubuntu Linux live CD to immediately begin working with the Ajax projects (no setup required).</div> </li><li> <div style="margin: 0px;">Ready-to-run tools on the CD include the XAMPP Web server, Firefox Web browser, and Bluefish HTML editor.</div></li></ul> <p style="margin: 0px;">System Requirements:</p> <ul> <li> <div style="margin: 0px;">Platform: Windows, Linux, Mac (OS X or higher)</div> </li><li> <div style="margin: 0px;">Processor: Intel-based processor (Pentium or higher)</div> </li><li> <div style="margin: 0px;">Memory: 128 MB RAM or more</div> </li><li> <div style="margin: 0px;">Disk space: None required; USB thumb drive optional to store data</div> </li><li> <div style="margin: 0px;">Optical drive: CD reader</div></li></ul> <p style="margin: 0px;">Negus Live Linux Series</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"><i>Your Practical, Hands-On Guides to Getting Real Results with Free Software</i></p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Add the free software and examples from the book's CD to your Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux system to follow along with the projects described in the book. Or boot the CD directly to use a complete, prepackaged set of free software tools to play, display, and modify those projects. Start as a novice, by trying out examples...and finish with professional Ajax-enabled Web content!</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"><b> </b></p> <p style="margin: 0px;"><b>SERIES EDITOR CHRISTOPHER NEGUS </b>is the bestselling author of the <i>Red Hat Linux Bible </i>series, <i>Linux Toys </i>series, and this series' flagship title, <i>Linux Live CDs</i>. </p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p>