Free AJAX Programming Online Course

Javapassion.com offers a Free 18-week AJAX Programming Online Course which covers many technical aspects of web development using the AJAX framework. The course started on Feb 12, 2007, but you can register for the course at any time by sending an email. The topics and materials taught in this course are linked to below, along with the lecture slides.


Ajax Topics to be covered:

In general, the Ajax content and material (presentation, hands-on labs, and homework's) are available on the dates listed below. Due to the fast pacing nature of the Ajax technology, the contents may be updated and improved after the dates specified.

1. Ajax Basics & Development Tools (Feb 12th, 2007, Week #1)
• PDF: 1 slide per page
  
• PDF: slides with speaker notes
  
• StarOffice file
• Flash (Downloadable, unzip it and access /AjaxBasics/AJAXBasics.html from your browser)
2. JavaScript Basics (Feb 19th, 2007, Week #2)
• PDF: 1 slide per page
• StarOffice file
3. Ajax Frameworks and Toolkits (March 5th, 2007, Week #3)
• PDF: 1 slide per page
• StarOffice file
4. Ajax Application Examples (March 12th, 2007, Week #4)
• 4258_ajaxexamples.zip (Unzip it in a directory of your choice and read lab document from /ajaxexamples/index.html to proceed)
• Online lab document (This is the same document you will find in the hands-on lab zip file)
• Homework (The homework is ready so feel free to submit homework anytime)
5. Dojo Toolkit Basics (March 26th, 2007, Week #5)
• PDF: 1 slide per page
• PDF: slides with speaker notes
  
• StarOffice file
6. Dojo Toolkit Advanced (April 2nd, 2007, Week #6)
   
7. ProtoType (April 9th, 2007, Week #7)
• PDF: 1 slide per page
• StarOffice file
8. JSON (April 23rd, 2007, Week #8)
• PDF: 1 slide per page
• PDF: slides with speaker notes
  
• StarOffice file
9. Direct Web Remoting (DWR) (April 30th, 2007, Week #9)
• PDF: 1 slide per page
• PDF: slides with speaker notes
• StarOffice file
10. Google Web Toolkit (May 14th, 2007, Week #10)
• PDF: 1 slide per page
• PDF: slides with speaker notes
• StarOffice file
11. JavaServer Faces (JSF) and Ajax Integration (May 21st, 2007, Week #11)
• PDF: 1 slide per page
• StarOffice 8 file
12. DynaFaces (June 4th, 2007, Week #12)
13. jMaki (June 11th, 2007, Week #13)
• PDF: 1 slide per page
• StarOffice file
14. Web Application Frameworks and Ajax (June 25th, 2007, Week #14)
• PDF: 1 slide per page
• PDF: slides with speaker notes
• StarOffice file
15. ZK Framework (July 2nd, 2007, Week #15)
16. CSS (July 16th, 2007, Week #16)
• PDF: 1 slide per page
• StarOffice file
17. JavaScript Best Practices (July 23rd, 2007, Week #17)
• PDF: 1 slide per page
• StarOffice file
18. Phobos (Script-based MVC framework) (Aug 6th, 2007, Week #18)
19. Portlet/Portals and Ajax - (Aug 13th, 2007, Week #19)
20. Dissecting the Java BluePrints Petstore 2.0 Reference Application
21. Ajax Design Patterns and Best Practices
22. Commercial framework/tools (Backbase, JackBe, Tibco)
    

The Ajax course also provides these wiki sites:

• http://www.theajaxworkshop.com/
• http://www.theajaxworkshop.com/forums/