CITATION

Barney, Lee and McLaughlin, Michael. Oracle Database Ajax & PHP Web Application Development. US: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2008.

Oracle Database Ajax & PHP Web Application Development

Published:  February 2008

eISBN: 9780071770422 0071770429 | ISBN: 9780071502771

Book description:

Design and Deploy Highly Responsive Data-Driven Web 2.0 Applications

Deliver next-generation user capabilities and client-side services in your Oracle-based Web applications by combining the powerful features of AJAX and PHP. Written by Web 2.0 programming experts, Oracle Database AJAX & PHP Web Application Development shows you how to design faster, lighter, more responsive Web applications while reducing code support and creation time. You'll learn how to develop modular AJAX and PHP code, add dynamically updated content, and implement click-to-edit and drag-and-drop functionality. You'll also get details on incorporating cutting-edge mashup, reporting, and communication features. 

  • Build robust Web applications that utilize the latest AJAX, PHP, and modularity techniques

  • Construct AJAX and PHP objects, controllers, iframes, and models

  • Simplify programming with reusable modules, open-source libraries, and templates

  • Optimize scalability, availability, performance, and security

  • Auto-refresh Web pages and execute XML calls using the HttpRequest object

  • Add HTML drill-down tables, DOM drag-and-drop, and click-to-edit features

  • Retrieve data from external sources using Remote Procedure Calls and Pear-based services

  • Solve browser navigation button, bookmarking, and history tracking issues

  • Allow end users to customize Web pages using tracking, JSON, and mashups

  • Facilitate client-side communication with VOIP, IM, targeted reporting, and file sharing

Lee Barney is a professor of Computer Information Technology at BYU-Idaho.

Michael McLaughlin is a professor of Computer Information Technology at BYU-Idaho, the author of Oracle Database 10g Express Edition PHP Web Programming, and coauthor of Oracle Database 10g PL/SQL Programming.