Foundations of Atlas: Rapid Ajax Development with ASP.NET 2.0

Laurence Moroney1590596471, 9781590596470, 9781430201755

This book introduces a fast-track path to understanding Atlas, and how this technology can increase the power and functionality of your code while conserving time and effort. The book begins with a bare-bones introduction that explains how Atlas relates to Ajax.Microsoft Atlas is a web-client framework that makes building Ajax-style applications easier. It provides a prewritten framework that gives you a structured environment in which to work. Atlas also provides you with an object model and standardized debugging to make development faster and simpler.Ajax is a new way of combining a number of Web technologies including JavaScript, dynamic HTML, and a feature known as XmlHttp (which reduces the need for client browsers to constantly reconnect to the server every time new information is downloaded). But at the moment, people developing with Ajax have to write their code from the ground up, which is complex and time consuming.The book guides you through a series of practical examples that demonstrate the Atlas framework and available controls. After reading this book, you’ll be able to compile a seamless Atlas-based application of your own! In anticipation of changes during development of the Atlas technology, the updated source code is posted for download on the author’s blog, www.philotic.com/blog. This book demystifies the Atlas technology and shows you how to work with it. The first book dedicated to this revolutionary new technology. Written by an experienced .NET author in collaboration with the Atlas development team.

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Table of contents :
Foundations of Atlas: Rapid Ajax Development with ASP.NET 2.0……Page 1
Contents……Page 8
CHAPTER 1 Introducing Ajax……Page 22
CHAPTER 2 Atlas: Taking Ajax to the Next Level……Page 38
CHAPTER 3 Atlas: Making Client-Side JavaScript Easier……Page 54
CHAPTER 4 Introducing Client Controls in Atlas…….Page 74
CHAPTER 5 Using Client Controls in Atlas……Page 98
CHAPTER 6 Introducing Server Controls in Atlas……Page 146
CHAPTER 7 Using Server Controls in Atlas…….Page 186
CHAPTER 8 Data Binding in Atlas……Page 218
CHAPTER 9 Using the AtlasUIGlitz Library……Page 252
CHAPTER 10 Mapping with Atlas……Page 270
CHAPTER 11 Building a Sample Application with ASP.NET and Atlas……Page 290
INDEX……Page 326