Chapter 1 through Chapter 6 provide the basic ideas that form the fundamental core of Ajax and building Ajax applications. This part of the book discusses the technologies and foundations that you will need to know before moving on to Ajax within applications and as components.

Chapter 1, Reinventing the Web

Chapter 2, From Web Sites to Web Applications

Chapter 3, Servers, Databases, and the Web

Chapter 4, Foundations: Scripting XML and JSON

Chapter 5, Manipulating the DOM

Chapter 6, Designing Ajax Interfaces