Hacking Web 2.0 Applications with Firefox

Serious read for security of a Web 2.0 application (Javascript is always evil eh?)

AJAX and interactive web services form the backbone of “web 2.0” applications. This technological transformation brings about new challenges for security professionals.

This article looks at some of the methods, tools and tricks to dissect web 2.0 applications (including Ajax) and discover security holes using Firefox and its plugins.

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Mastering Ajax, Part 4: Exploiting DOM for Web response

Ajax, can't get enough of em. Well, Ajax is very new (relative to other technologies) so use with great caution. This is part 4 of IBM Ajax tutorial. I think they use dojo. Quite nice.

The great divide between programmers (who work with back-end applications) and Web programmers (who spend their time writing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) is long standing. However, the Document Object Model (DOM) bridges the chasm and makes working with both XML on the back end and HTML on the front end possible and an effective tool. In this article, Brett McLaughlin introduces the Document Object Model, explains its use in Web pages, and starts to explore its usage from JavaScript.

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AJAX Developer Resource Center

Resources from Sun Microsystem. Check it out!

Get ahead of the curve and start developing AJAX applications today. This is your source for Java tools, technologies and expert advice.

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