"Pro Ajax and PHP: Building Highly Interactive Applications" is currently available for pre-order and is due for release at the end of September 2006.

The book promises to offer an in-depth guide to writing applications using PHP and AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript and XML). It aims to take beginners or novices and instruct them to a professional level. Specific topics tackled by the book are form validation, file upload monitoring, database-driven information display and manipulation, web services, Google Maps integration, and much more!

Lee Babin is the author of the book. Lee is a programmer based in Canada, where he works as the Chief Programmer for a development firm. Lee is experienced in his field, having worked on over 50 custom websites and online applications.

This book is available from Amazon.co.uk: Pro Ajax and PHP - Building Highly Interactive Applications