Now you can join the likes of Google Maps, Google Suggest, Backpack, and Flickr by taking advantage of the usability, interactivity, and responsiveness benefits of AJAX!

Build Your Own AJAX Web Applications is a practical, step-by-step guide to bringing next-generation interactivity to your web sites today. This book will help you build responsive, professional, robust AJAX applications that adhere to best practices and enhance the user experience while maintaining your application's accessibility.

• Build a cross-browser XMLHttpRequest wrapper.
• Enhance interactivity with features like edit-in-place.
• Minimize usability problems with dynamic, animated interfaces.
• Ensure the user's Back button works.
• Build a drag 'n' drop AJAX chess game.
• Use JSON, YAML, and XML to communicate with the server.
• Use REST, SOAP, and XML-RPC to create powerful applications.