Written by the author and technical reviewer of Apress' successful Foundations of Atlas and Foundations of WPF titles, this book gives readers a deep and detailed grounding in how ASP.NET AJAX works. It takes readers swiftly through the first principals of AJAX, and deep into the heart of the technology. By the end of the book readers will know everything that they need to confidently produce cutting-edge ASP.NET AJAX applications swiftly and professionally.

One of the first books to cover the final release and Visual Studio integration of this exiting and widely-anticipated new web development technology from Microsoft Covers the topic from the ground up and in great detail. Readers will find everything that they need to know within these pages Written by Laurence Moroney, an ASP.NET AJAX insider, Microsoft employee, and author of our successful Foundations of Atlas book; together with John Grieb, a respected ASP.NET AJAX advocate

Autorentext
Laurence Moroney is the director of technology evangelism at Mainsoft, the cross-platform development company. He has over 10 years in software development and architecture, specializing in interoperability, security and performance in such diverse industries as casinos, jails, the U.S. Border Patrol, airports, professional soccer teams and financial services. He has written several books on computing, including some on Web Services Security, ASP.NET and Java/.NET interoperability, as well as dozens of articles on various technology issues. He lives in Sammamish, Washington with his wife, Rebecca, and children, Claudia and Christopher. His blog is at Philotic.com, where you can find lots of Atlas and other development resources.

Inhalt
Introducing AJAX.- Taking AJAX to the Next Level.- The Microsoft AJAX Library: Making Client-Side JavaScript Easier.- ASP.NET AJAX Client Libraries.- Introducing Server Controls in ASP.NET AJAX.- Using Server Controls in ASP.NET AJAX.- Using the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit (Part 1).- Using the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit (Part 2).- AJAX-Style Mapping Using the Virtual Earth SDK.- Building a Sample Application Using ASP.NET AJAX.