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

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

Lesson 1: SETTING UP ASP.NET AJAX   (15 min)
1. What is ASP.NET AJAX?
2. What to Install
3. Our Focus in This Series
4. Looking Ahead at the Final Project

Lesson 2: DATA BINDING WITH ASP.NET AJAX (29 min)
1. Creating an AJAX-Enabled Web Site
2. Setting Up a Theme & Using Skins
3. Creating a Bindable Object Layer with ADO.net
4. Bind an AJAX-Enabled Application to an Object Layer
5. Working with Update Panels & Content Templates
6. Working with Triggers
7. Working with Update Progress Controls

Lesson 3: CLIENT CALLABLE WEB SERVICES (19 min)
1. Build a New Web Service & Add a Web Method
2. Creating a Script-Callable Web Service
3. Adding a Web Form
4. Adding Content to the Web Form Panels
5. Adding Code to Call the Web Service

Lesson 4: AUTHENTICATION & PROFILE SERVICES (23 min)
1. Working with a Custom Profile Provider
2. Writing Code to Store Settings
3. Loading the Profile
4. Creating Login Functionality
5. Creating Functionality to Register a User

Lesson 5: THE AJAX CONTROL TOOLKIT (36 min)
1. What is the AJAX Control Toolkit
2. Working with the AJAX Sample Toolkit
3. Working with the RoundedCornerExtender
4. Adding Interaction with the DragPanelExtender
5. Getting Default Watermark Behavior
6. Working with Animation
7. Creating a Modal Login

Lesson 6: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER (6 min)
1. Why AJAX & What You’ve Learned
2. Final Comments & Credits

Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX

Book Description
Get an expert introduction to the new JavaScript enhancements for Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0. More than a basic AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript And XML) script library, the Microsoft implementation brings object orientation to JavaScript, together with enhanced client-side and server-side controls that greatly simplify coding while delivering enhanced Web experiences with any browser. This book offers expert insights direct from the Microsoft product team and noted ASP authority Dino Esposito, as well as hands-on instruction and examples of Web development with AJAX. This ideal reference will be updated online until the final release, keeping readers up to date with the evolving tool. The book includes code samples in ASP.NET 2.0 created using C# and JavaScript.

 

Book Description:

 This practical guide shows you how to make your Java web applications more responsive and dynamic by incorporating new Ajaxian features, including suggestion lists, drag-and-drop, and more. Java developers can choose between many different ways of incorporating Ajax, from building JavaScript into your applications "by hand" to using the new Google Web Toolkit (GWT).

Ajax o­n Java starts with an introduction to Ajax, showing you how to write some basic applications that use client-side JavaScript to request information from a Java servlet and display it without doing a full page reload. It also presents several strategies for communicating between the client and the server, including sending raw data, and using XML or JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) for sending more complex collections of data.

 

Book Description:

AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is a new approach for developing web applications. It essentially permits users to interact with a Webpage without forcing a slow & tedious reload of the entire page after every action. This means web applications become more responsive, easier to use, and more intuitive. Build Your Own Ajax Web Applications uses a step-by-step tutorial format that's so easy to follow, you'll be able to build sophisticated and intuitive Ajax web interfaces in no time! 

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Book Description:

Ajax is at the heart of the Web 2.0 revolution. It isn't a technology but, rather, is a technique that leverages other technologies and techniques, such as CSS, XML, DHTML, and XHTML. Many Web designers and programmers would like to incorporate Ajax in their projects because of the amazing functionality it can add to a Web site, but they can't because of the steep learning curve. That's where this book steps in. It makes learning Ajax fun and easy -- a great place to start! Visual QuickProject Guides focus on a single project. In this case the project is creating a business employee directory, like an address book. What's being created is a better, new kind of Web site. 

 

About the Author
Larry Ullman is the Director of Digital Media Technologies and Lead PHP Programmer at DMC Insights, Inc., a firm specializing in information technology. In addition to writing, Larry develops dynamic Web applications, conducts training seminars, and is an Extension Instructor for the University of California at Berkeley.

 

* Paperback: 224 pages
* Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (April 16, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 3540775951

Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax) is a web technique used to transfer data between a browser and server asynchronously without posting the web page to the server. “Asynchronously” implies that the processing of the web page continues while the Ajax request is sent to the server and a response is received from the server. The web page, or section(s) of the web page, is refreshed with the Ajax response without reposting the web page. Ajax has the following advantages over non-Ajax web applications.