Pro Ajax and the .NET 2.0 Platform (eBook)

This book follows on from the extremely successful Foundations of Ajax title. It takes the reader on a detailed journey through the Ajax technology and shows them how to integrate Ajax with Microsoft's popular .NET 2.0 Framework to produce their own implementations of the functionality they're beginning to see on the web. The keystone of the book is practicality. We show people how to put theory into practice and bring Ajax to their web applications in a professional manner.

Daniel Woolston is a senior software engineer with a passion for data analysis and visualization. He has written two books, including Pro Ajax and the .Net 2.0 Platform as well as Foundations of BizTalk Server 2006. He has worked with some of the largest corporations in the Midwest implementing a full range of technology solutions. He is also a part-time pro photographer and a full-time hockey dad.

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There are a few class libraries recently distributed that open the Ajax door to the .NET Framework 2.0. This book examines how the Ajax technology and the .NET Framework can work in tandem. It thoroughly covers the XMLHttpRequest processes and the .NET 2.0 class libraries, and shows you how to turn theory into practice and concepts into code, with samples that duplicate many new web technologies. With the knowledge you gain from this book, you'll be ready to put this asynchronous technology to work.Thanks to the folks at Google, Ajax technology has become a force to be reckoned with. It is a technology that is here and now, just waiting for you to implement it with full impact. Google Maps, Google Suggest, and Flickr.com are just a few of the sites out there that have moved Ajax into the mainstream. More shall be revealed as the technology eases its way into coding.