Pro JavaScript Techniques or The New Language of Business

Pro JavaScript Techniques

Author: John Resig

Pro JavaScript Techniques is the ultimate JavaScript book for the modern web developer. It provides everything you need to know about modern JavaScript, and shows what JavaScript can do for your web sites. This book doesn't waste any time looking at things you already know, like basic syntax and structures.

Expert web developer and author John Resig concentrates on fundamental, vital topics--what modern JavaScripting is (and isn't), the current state of browser support, and pitfalls to be wary of. The book is organized into four sections:

• Modern JavaScript development--using JavaScript the object-oriented way, creating reusable code, plus testing and debugging
• DOM scripting--updating content and styles, plus events, and effect and event libraries
• Ajax--how Ajax works, overcoming problems, and using libraries to speed up development of Ajax applications
• The future of JavaScript--looking at cutting edge topics like JSON, HTML 5, and more

All concepts are backed up by real-world examples and case studies, and John provides numerous reusable functions and classes to save you time in your development. There are also up-to-date reference appendixes for the DOM, events, browser support (including IE7), and frameworks--so you can look up specific details quickly and easily.

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The New Language of Business: SOA and Web 2.0

Author: Sandra Carter

There is now a direct, provable link between an organization's flexibility and business performance. To optimize flexibility, companies must achieve unprecedented levels of integration and automation of key processes and infrastructure, both internally and externally. At the same time, they must learn to manage their processes far more dynamically and responsively.

They must become flex-pon-sive*.

Until recently, technology stood in the way of achieving these goals. Thanks to the emergence of service oriented architecture (SOA), Web 2.0, and open standards, technology now enables companies to achieve those goals. In The New Language of Business, one of IBM's top SOA strategist demonstrates how business leaders can use innovations in technology to drive dramatic process improvements and support accelerating change.

Sandy Carter shows how to deconstruct your business into a "componentized" business model, then support that model with linked, repeatable IT services that can adapt quickly, easily, and economically. These techniques will help both IT professionals and business leaders reach new levels of operational excellence to deliver the market-focused innovations that matter most.

* Flex-pon-sive* companies respond with lightning speed and agility to rapidly changing business needs. Flex-pon-sive* companies are focused on processes that are enabled for change through IT.

About the Author
Sandra Carter, Vice President, SOA and WebSphere Strategy, Channels and Marketing. During Sandy's tenure, the WebSphere portfolio has grown 18% in 2005 over the prior year and is in its 26th consecutive quarter of growth. Most recently, Sandy has been appointed owner for cross IBM Channels, Strategy and Marketing for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). Sandy is a graduate of Duke University with a B.S. in Computer Science and Math and an M.B.A from Harvard University. Sandy has delivered numerous keynotes at industry events, and in the past year has spoken at IDC, InfoWorld and Gartner conferences and is the author of one of the top 10 Blogs from IBM.

Table of Contents:

Foreword     xiii
Acknowledgments     xvi
About the Author     xix
Start at the Beginning-The Business
The Innovation Imperative     3
Focus on Growth     4
Focus on Process Is Key     8
Summary     11
What Is Flex-pon-sive*?     13
What Does Flex-pon-sive* Mean?     13
Business Response: What Does It Take to Be a Winner?     19
Summary     21
Deconstructing Your Business: Component Business Model     23
Competing in an Era of Specialization     24
Patterns of Success     36
Leveraging CBM to Deliver Value     37
Summary     39
A Flexible Business Requires Flexible IT
SOA as the DNA of a Flex-pon-sive* and Innovative Company     43
What Is Service Oriented Architecture?     44
Competing on Flexibility     51
SOA Connectivity for Flexibility     60
Reuse Through SOA for Flexibility     61
The SOA Reference Architecture     65
Why SOA Projects Succeed and How to Leverage Their Lessons     69
Summary     73
SOA Key Concepts     75
Interoperability Standard: Web Services     76
Business Service Registry and Repository     81
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)     84
Tying It All Together: Services, Connectivity Through Your ESB, and the BSRR     101
The SOA Lifecycle Drives IT Flexibility     102
Summary     103
SOA Governance and Service Lifecycle     105
What Is Governance?     106
The Alignment Challenge Made Real     110
Alignment Vision for the Future     111
The SOA Governance Challenge     114
The SOA Governance Link to Service Lifecycle Management     123
Governance and Lifecycle Management Linked Through the Service Registry and Repository     130
How to Get Started     132
Summary     133
Three Business-Centric SOA Entry Points     135
Business Process Management as an Entry Point     136
Final Insight into IBM     152
Information as an Entry Point     157
Collaboration as an Entry Point     167
The Bottom Line: The New Language of Business     173
Summary     177
What about Web 2.0 and SOA? Are They Related?     179
What Is Web 2.0?     180
Web 2.0 and SOA: Advantage for Flexibility     185
The Web as the Next Platform     190
Business Models Enabled     191
Summary     198
How to Implement Flex-pon-sive* in Your Business
The Top 10 Don'ts!     201
Don't Expect Maximum Business Flexibility Without SOA     202
Don't Just Do Technology-It Is a Transformation of the Way You Do Business     203
Don't Throw Everything Out!     205
Don't Bite Off Too-Big Projects     206
Don't Forget to Set Expectations     207
Don't Expect to Do This Without a Culture Modification Through Governance     212
Don't Forget the Right Skills     214
Don't Expect the Flexibility Without Open Standards     216
Don't Do This Alone-Leverage Partners Who Have Experience     217
Don't Forget the Importance of the First Project-Plan Ahead     220
Summary     220
Case study: IBM     223
The Background     224
The Governance Model     227
The Journey     230
The First Project     231
SOA and Reuse Are Alive     232
Set Expectations     234
Business Impact Metrics     236
The Cultural Change     238
The Right Skills     240
Summary      242
Putting It All Together     243
Growth, Business Flexibility, and Innovation Are the Results of a Flex-pon-sive* Company     244
Now, How Do You Convince the Business     246
SOA and Web 2.0 Become the Enablers     248
Learning from Other Companies Is Critical Around the Entry Points     250
Unlock the Business Value Multiplier     267
Governance Is Critical     274
Infrastructure and Management Complete the Picture     277
Summary     279
Glossary     283
Index     291