ASP.NET: Ajax / Atlas for Not Yet Techies

"Using Microsoft Technology to Use Ajax to Create Rich Experience Web Sites"

by Richard Stooker, President Info Ring Press and author of Secrets of Changing to a Computer Career

Microsoft ASP.NET Ajax (formerly known as Atlas) is a set of extensions developed by the company for ASP.NET 2.0 which permits rapid development using Ajax

ASP.NET Ajax uses the structured server control model of ASP.NET. It encapsulates commonly used JavaScript into client script libraries. It has a rich client API with rich type system.

The main technology for the enhanced functionality is the XMLHttpRequest object which is the heart of Ajax.

The goals of creating this ASP.NET: Ajax technology for Microsoft are:

1. Create a rich experience for web users

2. Seamless integration

3. Choice of server-centric or client-centric application models

4. Full cross-platform and standards based

5. No installation footprint

The server controls are classes in .NET Framework.

Atlas includes HTML server controls:

Web controls

Rich controls

Validation controls

Data controls

Navigation controls

Web post controls

Mobile controls

Microsoft has now made the formerly Atlas as 3 products:

Microsoft AJAX Library

ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions

ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit

Microsoft's ASP.NET AJAX promises to help web developers use Ajax to create rich and interactive web sites faster and more efficiently.

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