ajax patterns and best practices
There was a time, back when I was in High School and College, when throwing code together in any haphazard way to make a webpage was acceptable. Since then, web development has been evolving and organizing into something more modern and professional. Ajax Patterns and Best Practices isn't just a book with a title full of buzzwords, it's a guide to modern web architecture.
There are two types of people who can read this book: intermediate web developers with a good understanding of Ajax and non-developers who are somehow involved with development (ie, project managers). For the developer, this book provides numerous hands on examples, practices, and theories. The server-side code is written in Java, so if you're not a Java programmer, you'll at least need to know how to read Java. On the other hand, the non-developer can simply ignore the technical portions and stick with the theory. They'll still get a solid understanding of all the patterns explained, why they exist, and when to use them.
Overall, I was impressed with this book. I initially thought it was just going to be an excuse to publish more information on current buzzwords such as patterns and ajax. However, I was totally wrong. This book contains some of the most thought-out and precise theories and practices for this new generation of web development. I give it a 10 out of 10.
