Wrox Press has published “Beginning Ajax with ASP.Net” by Wally McClure, Scott Cate, Paul Glavich, and Craig Shoemaker. This book is suitable for Ajax newbies who work with .Net, as well as those who do have some Ajax experience, as the first five chapters are pure Ajax overview. This book provides you with a thorough working knowledge of what Ajax has to offer and how to take full advantage of it in your application development.

Following an exploration of how Ajax works with .NET, you'll get acquainted with DHTML, the role of JavaScript and the Document Object Model, and the XMLHttpRequest Object, which is the foundation of Ajax. Then you will examine the Ajax-type features built into ASP.NET and explore the Ajax.NET Professional Library in detail. Finally, you will explore client scripting as well as building and using controls with Microsoft's Atlas. With an entire chapter devoted to debugging, you will have all you need to use this cutting-edge technology.

The book has the following chapters:

1 Introduction to Ajax on ASP.NET2 Introduction to DHTML3 JavaScript and the Document Object Model4 The XMLHttpRequest Object5 Data Communication: XML, XSLT, and JSON6 What Is Built into ASP.NET7 Ajax.NET Professional Library8 Anatomy of Ajax.NET Pro Library9 Other Ajax Libraries for .NET10 Atlas Client Scripting11 Atlas Controls12 Atlas Integration with ASP.NET Services13 Debugging

More info: Wrox Homepage | Amazon.com

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