Professional ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX

ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX is Microsoft''s Ajax tool for ASP.NET developers and this book covers the ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX final release. You'll learn how to use the ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX features in order to create richer, more responsive dynamic Web sites. The book walks you through examples for each featured element, demonstrating how the client and server interact to produce a better Web application, and reviews such topics as client framework, script manager control, networking stack, application services, partial page updates, control extenders, client form elements, and client behaviors.

Are you ready to build more responsive web applications with richer UI elements? This detailed guide to the Microsoft AJAX Library shows you how to bring together ASP.NET 2.0 with an object-oriented approach to JavaScript development using this new framework from Microsoft. You''ll gain an in-depth understanding of the ASP.NET AJAX architecture, including the server controls, client-side JavaScript library, and runtime environment. By following the numerous examples, you''ll see how much your users benefit from this new class of web applications that manipulate the browser''s DOM and communicate with the server to update the user''s view of a page without waiting for the entire page to be refreshed.

Written by Microsoft''s lead ASP.NET AJAX developer together with an in-the-field Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional), this book guides you through the core of the Microsoft AJAX Library and the controls you will use to leverage AJAX. It provides you with code samples to take advantage of some of the popular shared-source ASP.NET AJAX Toolkit controls and extensions. And you''ll work through debugging functionality in Visual Studio® and the browser as well as methods for effective testing.

What you will learn from this book

• How to create a better user experience by adding more dynamic UIs

• Steps for accessing ASP.NET profile and authentication services

• Ways to simplify programming tasks using the Microsoft AJAX Library

• Strategies for testing web applications to achieve optimal performance

• Methods for developing custom AJAX controls

Who this book is for

This book is for experienced ASP.NET developers who want to add AJAX to their applications. It is also for experienced web developers who want to move to ASP.NET and AJAX together.

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Matt Gibbs is currently the development manager of the UI Framework and Services Team. This talented group is responsible for ASP.NET and the AJAX Framework as well as the new Integrated Pipeline of IIS 7. Matt has been working on Microsoft web technologies since joining the IIS 4 team to work on "classic" ASP in 1997. He has co-authored several books on ASP and ASP.NET.

Dan Wahlin (Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for ASP.NET and XMLWeb Services) is a .NET development instructor at Interface Technical Training (http://www.interfaceTraining.com). Dan founded the XML for ASP.NET Developers Website (www.XMLforASP.NET), which focuses on using XML, ADO.NET, and Web Services in Microsoft's .NET platform. He's also on the INETA Speakers Bureau and speaks at several conferences. Dan has co-authored/authored several different books on .NET, including ASP.NET 2.0 MVP Hacks and XML for ASP.NET Developers. When he's not writing code, articles, or books, Dan enjoys writing and recording music and playing golf and basketball with his wife and kids. Dan regularly blogs at http://weblogs.asp.net/dwahlin and http://blogs.interfacett.com/dan-wahlins-blog.