Summary

This chapter walked you through many fields. Working with HTML, JavaScript, CSS, the DOM, XML, and XMLHttpRequest is certainly not easy to start with, especially if some of these technologies are new to you. Where you don’t feel confident enough, have a look at the aforementioned resources. When you feel ready, proceed to Chapter 3, where you will learn how to use PHP and MySQL on the server, and make them interact nicely with the AJAX-enabled client.