Ajax For Dummies

I had been developing websites and web applications in ASP, VBA, PHP, JavaScript and HTML. I was getting pretty good at it. But, I had no way of grabbing refreshed data from the server and presenting it on the client side without rewriting everything on the client. Then, along came AJAX for Dummies ... just what I needed! I also bought the companion, Teach Yourself AJAX in 10 Minutes. By working through the simple examples, I developed an understanding of AJAX and how to apply it. Now, I can grab data from mySQL, msAccess or other data stores and update just the significant portion of the client page. The book gave me the basic concepts and understanding. The creativity to apply it was in my hands. Great purchase!