Adaptive Path's Jesse James Garrett and Ajaxian.com's Dion Almaer and Ben Galbraith provide expert advice on using Ajax to create the next generation of Web applications.

The impact of Ajax for Web applications covers a wide range of issues: business strategy, technology, design, team structure and processes are all potentially affected by the move to Ajax. In this one-day event, we'll look at Ajax from all angles. Jesse James Garrett from Adaptive Path will cover the strategic consequences of Ajax for the industry, and talk about best practices for Ajax application design. Then, Dion Almaer and Ben Galbraith of Ajaxian.com will cover the basic technologies and development approaches that go into creating Ajax applications.

In this workshop you'll learn about:

• Basic advantages of the Ajax approach
• Strategic implications of Ajax
• Why Ajax changes the rules of Web design
• Design principles for Ajax applications
• Approaches to documenting Ajax design solutions
• Managing team collaboration on Ajax projects
• How to write an Ajax application
• Using popular Ajax libraries for rapid development and dynamic UI effects
• Making Ajax applications work offline
• How Ajax works on various server-side platforms

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