Ajax in action was written by Dave Crane, Eric Pascarello and Darren James.
I brought this book when I was abstemiously learning JavaScript, because it was on the paramount of the computer related books in Amazon. During that time there are only a few books abet ajax. I?m a person who loves to actuate myself consume books to escape from situations where I got abandoned by the neo-technology waves that cycle back every 18 months. When it relates a detailed history of Ajax and shows some antiquated form of scripts that does the same thing. I noticed it transform itself into a anodyne. I would shout an aphorism: "My money wasn't spent by any abortive mean," in that second.

The book spent chapters on novel concepts like MVC for web development (yes, it is kind atavistic for non-web developers), and beget examples that is completely opposite to bombastic ones online. (E.g. How to earn 10k in one week)

Ajax in action is the first book to broach Ajax to me, it burnish my way of treat JavaScript programs and strengthen my cantankerous flash idea (Flash are for animations, and nothing else!) and it certainly bring cataclysmic blow to the ?no rich client? fans. It also catalyst the crowd of ?new age JavaScript developers? with great celerity by introduce JavaScript frameworks and rich user experience. So let?s shout ?say no to complacent flash developers!?

Some Info about the book from Amazon

# Paperback: 650 pages
# Publisher: Manning Publications (October 1, 2005)
# Language: English
# ISBN: 1932394613
# Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.4 inches
# Shipping Weight: 2.51 pounds
# Average Customer Review: 4.5 based on 43 reviews.
# Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,117 in Books