Boot Camp II - How AJAX Works with Mike Wilcox (1/2 Day Workshop)

In the second half of the workshop, you will apply the skills learned, and build an AJAX RSS reader. This project will cover the gamut of AJAX features: DOM manipulation, CSS property animation, a simple widget system, and building a connection to Yahoo YQL Web Service.

The topics covered in the Ajax RSS Reader will be: - Building the HTML page, and mocking up the widgets - Linking the external CSS and JavaScript - A solid overview of CSS, including how to avoid a few gotchas - Building a cross domain JSONP script - Building the YQL connection code and callback - Inspecting the YQL object data with Firebug - Convert the mock widgets to dynamic widgets - Very simple event connections for the RSS Feed tabs - Create a basic Loading animation

About Bob Byron

Bob Byron works for NeXplore Corporation, a corporation dedicated to radically improve the online experience. He has been using AJAX technology in development of NeXplore's innovative social search engine. A veteran of client and server side development, Bob has an extensive background in the various techniques involved in bringing an application through the entire life cycle to get it to market.

Bob is a current contributer to the Dojo Toolkit. He has been coding in Java since soon after its release in the mid 1990's. In 2006, Bob was the President of the Java Metroplex Users Group in Dallas, preceding that by two years as Vice President. He ran the Java Developer's Group for 5 years bringing bringing the latest techniques and expertise to attendees.

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