Programming ASP.NET AJAX

Description

Delivering rich, Web 2.0-style experiences has never been easier. This book gives you a complete hands-on introduction to Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX 1.0, the new framework that offers many of the same benefits for Ajax development that ASP.NET provides for server-side development. With Programming ASP.NET AJAX, you'll learn how to create professional, dynamic web pages with Ajax in no time.

 Loaded with code and examples that demonstrate key aspects of the framework, this book is ideal not only for ASP.NET developers who want to take their applications a step further with Ajax, but for any web developers interested in ASP.NET AJAX, no matter what technology they use currently. That includes JavaScript programmers who would like to avoid the headaches of writing cross-browser code.

Programming ASP.NET AJAX offers you:

* A high-level overview of the ASP.NET AJAX framework
* Functional code that you can cut and paste for use in your own applications
* The essentials of JavaScript and Ajax to help you understand individual technologies used by the framework
* An organization that reflects the framework's packages, including Extensions, Control Toolkit, the Futures CTP, and the AJAX Library
* Sidebars throughout the book that identify and propose solutions to potential security breaches
* Ways to use the standards-based AJAX Library with other platforms, such as PHP
* A complete chapter on the UpdatePanel control for making individual parts of a web page independently updateable -- one of the framework's most important elements Released previously as Programming Atlas to cover the beta version of the Microsoft framework, this edition is fully up-to-date and expanded for the official 1.0 release of ASP.NET AJAX. Written by Christian Wenz -- Microsoft MVP for ASP/ASP.NET and AJAX Control Toolkit Contributor -- Programming ASP.NET AJAX contains many hard-to-find details, along with a few unofficial ways to accomplish things.

CONTENTS:

PrefaceBasics
* Chapter 1: ASP.NET AJAX, Ajax, and ASP.NET
* Chapter 2: JavaScript
* Chapter 3: AjaxASP.NET AJAX Extensions
* Chapter 4: Using ASP.NET AJAX JavaScript Extensions
* Chapter 5: Web Services
* Chapter 6: UpdatePanel: Refreshing Only Parts of a Page
* Chapter 7: Using the ASP.NET AJAX Profile Service
* Chapter 8: Using the ASP.NET AJAX Authentication Service
* Chapter 9: Localizing and Globalizing ApplicationsASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit
* Chapter 10: Using the Control Toolkit
* Chapter 11: Adding Animation to a Web Page
* Chapter 12: Autocompleting User Input, Fighting Spam, and More
* Chapter 13: Writing Custom Controls and Contributing to the CommunityASP.NET AJAX Futures
* Chapter 14: Client Controls
* Chapter 15: Binding and Validating Data
* Chapter 16: Using Behaviors and Components
* Chapter 17: Using Server Data
* Chapter 18: Using Remote Web Services
* Chapter 19: Using Animations
* Chapter 20: Fixing Bookmarks and Back/Forward Buttons
* Chapter 21: Web PartsMicrosoft AJAX Library
* Chapter 22: Using ASP.NET AJAX with Other Server TechnologiesAppendixes
* Debugging ASP.NET AJAX Applications
* XMLHttpRequest Reference
* DOM Reference
* ASP.NET AJAX Reference
* ScriptManager, UpdatePanel, UpdateProgress, and Timer Declarative ReferenceColophon