Asp.net Ajax In Action

The book puts the power of Ajax into the hands of web developers. With this technology, ASP.NET developers can easily build more interactive and highly-personalized web applications that work across all most popular browsers. ASP.NET AJAX in Action offers a rich set of examples and meticulous explanations. The extensive code samples are accompanied by accurate and rigorous explanations of the concepts behind development with ASP.NET AJAX.


Table of contents :
Part I ASP.NET AJAX Basics
· Introducing ASP.NET AJAX
· First steps with the Microsoft Ajax Library
· JavaScript for Ajax developers
· Exploring the Ajax server extensions
· Making asynchronous network calls
· Partial-page rendering with UpdatePanels

Part II Advanced Techniques

· Under the hood of the UpdatePanel
· ASP.NET AJAX client components
· Building Ajax-enabled controls
· Developing with the Ajax Control Toolkit

Part III ASP.NET AJAX Futures
· XML Script
· Dragging and dropping

Part IV Mastering ASP.NET AJAX
· Implementing common Ajax patterns

Market Description :
· ASP.NET Web Developers - Beginners; Intermediate and Advanced

About Author :
Alessandro "Garbin" Gallo is a Microsoft MVP in the Visual ASP/ASP.NET category and has been an active contributor for the Ajax Control Toolkit project. As a .NET developer/consultant with a primary focus on ASP.NET application design and development, Alessandro has been developing with ASP.NET AJAX since the very first CTP. Notably, he won the Grand Prize at the Mash-it-up with ASP.NET AJAX contest held by Microsoft in 2006.

David Barkol is a Principal Consultant, MCSD, for Neudesic, one of Microsoft's leading .NET professional services firms and a Gold Certified Partner. At Neudesic David specializes in providing custom .NET solutions that leverage technologies such as ASP.NET, Web Services, Windows Forms, SQL Server, and C#. He is an MCSD in .NET and a member of the Microsoft ASP.NET Advisory Council. David resides in tropical La Palma, CA. Rama

Krishna Vavilala is a senior developer/architect at 3C Software, a leading supplier of Cost Management Solutions. He has designed and developed three different versions of Impact: ECS (3C Software's product suite). Currently, he is designing an Ajax-based web application using ASP.NET AJAX. This application will be a part of the Impact: ECS suite. He is a regular contributor at The Code Project and has written around 20 articles on wide-ranging subjects.