Head Rush Ajax

这并不是一本教你快速写出漂亮Ajax代码的技术手册，而是一本把异步思维掰开揉碎讲清楚的入门书。它最大的特点在于用大量生活化的比喻——比如给狗狗扔球时主人可以随意走动来解释异步请求——让抽象的机制变得可感可知，读起来轻松甚至有趣。它不适合追求速度的人：不少读者觉得它稍嫌啰嗦、内容偏浅，也指出Ajax原生写法代码量偏大，实际开发中更该借助jQuery。但正因为它不赶时间、反复夯实，反而成为理解Ajax原理与机制的可靠起点。真正适合刚刚接触Web异步编程、想要把基础打牢的初学者。

Brett McLaughlin Brett McLaughlin has become one of the most well-known authors and programmers in the Java and XML communities. He's worked for Nextel Communications, implementing complex enterprise systems, at Lutris Technologies, actually writing application servers, and most recently at O'Reilly Media, Inc., where he continues to write and edit books that matter. His most recent book, "Java 5.0 Tiger: A Developer's Notebook", was the first book available on the newest version of Java, and his classic Java and XML remains one of the definitive works on using XML technologies in Java.