书名：Ajax权威指南（影印版）

作者：Anthony T. Holdener III 著

国内出版社：东南大学出版社

出版时间：2008年05月

页数：957

书号：978-7-5641-0840-3

原版书出版商：O'Reilly Media

 

Anthony T. Holdener III 8岁时就开始在他父母的IBM PCjr上编程，并且从那时起就一直沉迷于计算机。1997年，他帮助Fairview Heights在伊利诺斯州开办并运营一家Internet咖啡馆，他在那里担任系统管理员。在圣路易斯大学获得计算机科学的学位证书之后，Anthony以Web架构师和开发人员的身份为圣路易斯地区的许多家公司（包括Anheuser-Busch、SAIC和Gateway EDI）工作了8年。Anthony现在是以圣路易斯为基地的律师事务所的信息技术主管，他继续构建Internet/内联网应用程序，利用最新可用的技术，同时不懈追求可访问性和跨浏览器兼容性。
他与妻子和一对刚学会走路的双胞胎幼儿居住在伊利诺斯州夏伊洛的乡村里（位于圣路易斯郊区）。当他不接触计算机时，Anthony喜欢阅读、写作，最重要的是，他会花时间陪伴家人。

Anthony T. Holdener III began programming at the age of eight on his parents’ IBM
PCjr and has been hooked on computers ever since. In 1997, he helped to open and
operate an Internet café in Fairview Heights, Illinois, where he served as the systems
administrator. A graduate of St. Louis University with a degree in Computer Science,
Anthony has worked as a web architect and developer for eight years for a number of
companies in the St. Louis area, including Anheuser-Busch, SAIC, and Gateway EDI.
Now the Director of Information Technology for a St. Louis-based law firm, Anthony
continues to build Internet/Intranet applications utilizing the latest available technologies
while striving for accessibility and cross-browser compatibility.
He resides in the village of Shiloh, Illinois, a suburb of St. Louis, with his wife and twin
toddlers. When not on his computer, Anthony enjoys reading, writing, and, most
importantly, spending time with his family.

 

 

The animalon the cover of Ajax: The Definitive Guide is a woolly monkey (Lagothrix
lagotricha, Oreonoax flavicauda). Woolly monkeys inhabit the rain forests in
the upper and middle areas of the Amazon basin west of the Negro and Tapajos
rivers. They spend most of their time high in the tree canopy, rarely making their
way to the forest floor. They are able to easily jump across wide gaps between trees;
to navigate narrow limbs to access nuts, fruits, and seedpods; and even to sleep
securely 150 feet above ground.
Adult woolly monkeys are 20–24 inches tall and weigh 13–17 pounds. Their features
include black, hairless faces, extremely long limbs, and opposable big toes. They
have forward-facing eyes, which provide them with the stereoscopic vision necessary
for judging depth and distance as they travelthrough the treetops. They are also
sensitive to the color green, a fact that helps them distinguish the various shades
found in their jungle habitat. As their name suggests, woolly monkeys are covered
with dense, pale gray-brown fur; this thick coat protects them from the elements and
insect bites. Each hair is striped with white, which reflects the surrounding jungle
colors and helps camouflage them against predators such as eagles, jaguars, and
humans. Their most distinctive feature is their long, prehensile tail, which can
support the full weight of the monkey as it hangs from tree limbs to rest or collect
food. The tail can actually grasp objects as well, and woolly monkeys often use it to
collect fruit or leaves. The top third of the tail’s underside is smooth, allowing for a
firm grip.
Woolly monkeys live in groups of 10–45 individuals, but split off into smaller groups
of 2–6 to forage for food. They communicate via an elaborate system of vocal, visual,
olfactory, and tactile cues, and have a friendly relationship within the larger
group, greeting each other with embraces and kisses on the mouth. Their social
hierarchy is organized by age, sex, activity, and the reproductive status of females.
,colo.29950 Page 959 Monday, January 14, 2008 7:16 PM
Reproduction is characterized as promiscuous; one male will generally mate with all
the group’s females, and vice versa. There is usually a dominant male who leads the
group, ensuring their security and sense of well-being. He assumes the role of peacemaker
as well, diffusing fights and disciplining the instigating monkey by shaking it
vigorously.
The birth of a woolly monkey is a social occasion; it is attended by experienced
mothers who help clean up, youngsters who observe and learn, and adult males who
provide comfort and protection to the laboring mother. A newborn woolly monkey
clings to its mother for the first three months of its life, first to her chest and gradually
making its way to her back. Although they nurse for two years, infant monkeys
generally incorporate solid foods into their diet at approximately two months of age.
They determine what to eat by imitating the mother, but the first solids they try are
often the crumbs and peels their mothers accidentally drop on their heads. Mothers
never intentionally give their infants food, nor do they pick them up or put them
down; rather, they encourage self-reliance in their offspring and do not give birth
again until the child is completely independent.