Introduction.

Part I: An Introduction to RIAs.

Chapter 1: What Characterizes Rich Internet Applications?

Chapter 2: RIA Foundations.

Chapter 3: The Programmable Web: The Mashup Ecosystem.

Chapter 4: Getting Started: Creating Your First RIA.

Part II: RIAs Explored.

Chapter 5: Debugging the Client Side.

Chapter 6: The Model-View-Controller (MVC) Pattern.

Chapter 7: JavaScript Library Survey.

Chapter 8: Compiling to JavaScript.

Chapter 9: An Introduction to ideaStax.

Part III: RIA Development in Depth.

Chapter 10: Form Validation.

Chapter 11: Form Usability.

Chapter 12: Drag and Drop.

Chapter 13: User Interaction, Effects, and Animation.

Chapter 14: Tagging and Rating (I): Creating an Infrastructure.

Chapter 15: Tagging and Rating (II): Using Social Capability.

Part IV: Advanced Selected Topics.

Chapter 16: Providing an API.

Chapter 17: RIA Widgets.

Chapter 18: Rich Immersive Environments.

Part V: Appendix.

Appendix: Dojo Validation Functions and Flags.

Index.