Prerequisites 
Before you continue you should have a basic understanding of the following:

• HTML / XHTML
• CSS
• JavaScript / DOM
• Basics of Ajax

Objective
AJAX is a technique for creating fast and dynamic web pages. AJAX allows web pages to be updated asynchronously by exchanging small amounts of data with the server behind the scenes. This means that it is possible to update parts of a web page, without reloading the whole page.

Basic  Course content 

• The Purpose of Ajax

• Ajax Basics
  • The XMLHttpRequest Object
  • Ajax using the POST method
  • Displaying and Updating Records
• Ajax Frameworks

• The Purpose of Frameworks
• Dojo
• Using Dojo for XMLHttpRequests
• Prototype
• Using Prototype for XMLHttpRequests
• Other Popular Frameworks

Advance course content

• Ajax Basics
• Ajax Frameworks
• The HTML Document Object Model
• XML and Ajax
• Ajax Applications
• OO JavaScript and Refactoring Ajax
• JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)
• XSLT Transformations with JavaScript
• Drag and Drop
• More Ajax Applications