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Title: Useful to somebody, but not me.
Review: The first chapter was a good introduction to the need for AJAX. After that, I never could figure out where the discussion of the basics of AJAX was. A paltry 1/2 page discussion (out of the book's 600+ pages) of the XMLHttpRequest object (the very heart of AJAX) exists, and that's about it.To be sure, the authors certainly know their stuff. This book contains useful chapters on topics like refactoring, RSS feeds and security issues. But if you are looking for a basic tutorial that will get you up to speed quickly I would suggest the "AJAX For Dummies" book. At about half the cost and size, it's a much better read. Put this together with Larry Ullman's "Building a Web Site with AJAX" and you will have a solid foundation to build on. After that you might want to come back to this book and dive into the advanced topics.
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