[...]... Visual Studio ASP.NET AJAX and ASP.NET | 5 ASP.NET AJAX Packages The ASP.NET AJAX home page (http:/ /ajax .asp.net/ ) presents several different packages that each have a specific focus: ASP.NET AJAX Extensions Also referred to as ASP.NET AJAX Core,” this is the “main” ASP.NET AJAX package It is fully supported by Microsoft and contains the ASP.NET AJAX infrastructure (covered in Part II) ASP.NET AJAX Control... Installing ASP.NET AJAX No matter which version of VWD you use, ASP.NET AJAX is integrated directly into the IDE On the ASP.NET AJAX home page (http:/ /ajax .asp.net) , you can find a link to ASP.NET AJAX itself in the form of an MSI installer package named ASPAJAXExtSetup.msi Look for the Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions 1.0 Before you launch the installer, uninstall any previous ASP.NET AJAX versions... I I Chapter 1, ASP.NET AJAX, Ajax, and ASP.NET Chapter 2, JavaScript Chapter 3, Ajax Basics Chapter 1 CHAPTER 1 ASP.NET AJAX, Ajax, and ASP.NET 1 This book is about ASP.NET AJAX (known in pre-release versions as “Atlas”), a collection of new Microsoft technologies that enables web developers — particularly ASP.NET 2.0 developers—to more easily create web sites with pages that use Ajax Ajax-style pages... Chapter 1: ASP.NET AJAX, Ajax, and ASP.NET Installing the Futures CTP The installer for the ASP.NET AJAX Futures CTP (part of the ASP.NET Futures CTP) is quite similar to that of the ASP.NET AJAX Extensions It also installs a web site template into Visual Studio and Visual Web Developer It is called ASP.NET Futures AJAX Web Site (not to be confused with ASP.NET Futures Web Site, which is for Ajax- less... This Book Is Organized Chapter 1, ASP.NET AJAX, Ajax, and ASP.NET, gives a broad overview of Ajax and the ASP.NET AJAX framework and then covers the installation of ASP.NET AJAX, a review of its structure, and a first simple example Chapter 2, JavaScript, is a concise introduction to JavaScript Although ASP.NET AJAX does its best to hide the functional details from ASP.NET programmers, a certain knowledge... asynchronous calls to the server As ASP.NET AJAX was created by the ASP.NET team, it’s no surprise that one of its prominent features is a server framework that is integrated with (and requires) ASP.NET 2.0 As with ASP.NET itself, ASP.NET AJAX is designed to deliver functionality—in this case, the benefits of Ajax without requiring mastery of Ajax technologies ASP.NET AJAX can manage Ajax functionality for you... web site template ASP.NET AJAX Prerequisites and Installation | 9 Figure 1-4 A NET Framework 3.5 web site project automatically uses ASP.NET AJAX The ASP.NET AJAX web site offers further information and software related to ASP.NET AJAX Some of the helpful items you will find on the site are detailed here: • Documentation that familiarizes you with several aspects of ASP.NET AJAX (ajax .asp.net/ docs) The... documentation also comes in a downloadable form that can be installed on your local computer (AspNet _AJAX_ Documentation.zip) • ASP.NET AJAX samples • Links to other ASP.NET AJAX packages: The ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit, the Microsoft Ajax Library, the ASP.NET AJAX Futures release, and the ASP.NET AJAX source code Installing the Sample Database Some of the examples in this book assume you are using... types of capabilities on the client Finally, with ASP.NET AJAX and ASP.NET, you can reach beyond the page to special web services Some of the key elements of the ASP.NET AJAX server framework are described here: ASP.NET AJAX server controls ASP.NET AJAX provides server-based controls resembling those of core ASP.NET 2.0, but which work with the ASP.NET AJAX client framework to deliver their functionality... number of ASP.NET services available to ASP.NET AJAX applications to grow with future releases of ASP.NET AJAX The Microsoft Ajax Library This library provides a JavaScript-only library that does not depend on ASP.NET Therefore, it can also be used without ASP.NET, as we will discuss in Chapter 22 Ultimately, ASP.NET AJAX will take its rightful place as a key component of the next release of ASP.NET . I. Basics 1. ASP. NET AJAX, Ajax, and ASP. NET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ASP. NET AJAX and Ajax 3 ASP. NET AJAX and ASP. NET 5 ASP. NET AJAX Prerequisites. elements of ASP. NET AJAX. Chapter 7, Using the ASP. NET AJAX Profile Service, details how ASP. NET AJAX provides a JavaScript access to the ASP. NET 2.0 Profile API. Chapter 8, Using the ASP. NET AJAX Authentication. Book Is Organized Chapter 1, ASP. NET AJAX, Ajax, and ASP. NET, gives a broad overview of Ajax and the ASP. NET AJAX framework and then covers the installation of ASP. NET AJAX, a review of its structure,