Preface (The Real One)

Ajax has completely changed the way we architect and deploy Web applications. Gone are the days of the Web browser as a simple dumb terminal for powerful applications running on Web servers. Today’s Ajax applications implement functionality inside a user’s Web browser to create responsive desktop-like applications that exist on both the client and the server. We are seeing excellent work from developers at companies like Google and Yahoo! as well the open source community pushing the bounds of what Ajax can do with new features like client-side storage, offline applications, and rich Web APIs.

As Web programmers and security researchers, we rushed out and learned as much as we could about these cool new applications and ...

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