Survey of Ajax Tools and Techniques
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/web/library/wa-aj-basics/index.html?S_TACT=105AGX08&S_CMP=EDU

Shachor, Gal, Yoav Rubin, Shmulik London and Shmuel Kallner
IBM
2007

Abstract:

Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript + XML) programming techniques are increasingly dominating the world of Web application development. New developers are stepping into the world of Ajax development every day, and they come from disparate development backgrounds. Part 1 of this multipart series gives you a cheat sheet of Ajax development resources from an expert team of Ajax developers at IBM(R). The authors draw from their own ramp-up experiences to help you with practical information that will put you on a fast track to effective Ajax development.