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Delivering rich, Web 2.0-style experiences has never been easier. This book gives you a complete hands-on introduction to Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX 1.0, the new framework that offers many of the same benefits for Ajax development that ASP.NET provides for server-side development. With Programming ASP.NET AJAX, you'll learn how to create professional, dynamic web pages with Ajax in no time.

Loaded with code and examples that demonstrate key aspects of the framework, this book is ideal not only for ASP.NET developers who want to take their applications a step further with Ajax, but for any web developers interested in ASP.NET AJAX, no matter what technology they use currently. That includes JavaScript programmers who would like to avoid the headaches of writing cross-browser code.

Programming ASP.NET AJAX offers you:

• A high-level overview of the ASP.NET AJAX framework
• Functional code that you can cut and paste for use in your own applications
• The essentials of JavaScript and Ajax to help you understand individual technologies used by the framework
• An organization that reflects the framework's packages, including Extensions, Control Toolkit, the Futures CTP, and the AJAX Library
• Sidebars throughout the book that identify and propose solutions to potential security breaches
• Ways to use the standards-based AJAX Library with other platforms, such as PHP
• A complete chapter on the UpdatePanel control for making individual parts of a web page independently updateable -- one of the framework's most important elements

Released previously as Programming Atlas to cover the beta version of the Microsoft framework, this edition is fully up-to-date and expanded for the official 1.0 release of ASP.NET AJAX. Written by Christian Wenz -- Microsoft MVP for ASP/ASP.NET and AJAX Control Toolkit Contributor -- Programming ASP.NET AJAX contains many hard-to-find details, along with a few unofficial ways to accomplish things.

Table of Contents

Preface

Part I. Basics

1. ASP.NET AJAX, Ajax, and ASP.NET
     ASP.NET AJAX and Ajax
     ASP.NET AJAX and ASP.NET
     ASP.NET AJAX Prerequisites and Installation
     ASP.NET AJAX Structure and Architecture
     A First ASP.NET AJAX Example: Hello User
     The ScriptManager Control
     Summary
     For Further Reading

2. JavaScript
     The JavaScript Language
     Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
     Accessing Page Elements
     DOM Methods
     Summary
     For Further Reading

3. Ajax
     The XMLHttpRequest Object
     The XMLDocument Object
     JSON
     Summary
     For Further Reading

Part II. ASP.NET AJAX Extensions

4. Using ASP.NET AJAX JavaScript Extensions
     ASP.NET AJAX Shortcuts and Helper Functions
     Extensions to Existing JavaScript Objects
     ASP.NET AJAX OOP Features for JavaScript
     Client Versions of .NET Classes
     Summary
     For Further Reading

5. Web Services
     Error Handling
     Page Methods
     Maintaining Session State
     Exchanging Complex Data with the Server
     Consuming Web Services with JavaScript
     Summary
     For Further Reading

6. UpdatePanel: Refreshing Only Parts of a Page
     Making a Page Region Updatable
     Summary
     For Further Reading

7. Using the ASP.NET AJAX Profile Service
     Preparing the Web Site
     Accessing Profile Data
     Accessing Profile Group Data
     Summary
     For Further Reading

8. Using the ASP.NET AJAX Authentication Service
     Preparing the Application
     Login and Logout
     Summary
     For Further Reading

9. Localizing and Globalizing Applications
     Localization
     Globalization and Internationalization
     Summary
     For Further Reading

Part III. ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit

10. Using the Control Toolkit
     Installing the Control Toolkit
     Using the Control Toolkit
     Summary
     For Further Reading

11. Adding Animation to a Web Page
     Animation Framework
     Drag-and-Drop
     Summary
     For Further Reading

12. Autocompleting User Input, Fighting Spam, and More
     Creating an Accordion Pane
     Maintaining the Relative Position of an Element
     Adding Autocomplete Behavior to a TextBox Control
     Attaching a Calendar to a Text Field
     Dynamically Collapsing a Single Panel
     Displaying a Pop Up Over a Page
     Fighting Spam in Blogs and in Other Entry Forms
     Creating a Tabbed Interface
     Summary
     For Further Reading

13. Writing Custom Controls and Contributing to the Community
     Writing Custom ASP.NET AJAX Controls
     Contributing to the Control Toolkit
     Summary
     For Further Reading

Part IV. ASP.NET AJAX Futures

14. Client Controls
     Introducing ASP.NET AJAX Client Controls
     Using ASP.NET AJAX Controls
     Handling Control Events
     Summary
     For Further Reading

15. Binding and Validating Data
     Data Binding
     Data Validation
     Summary
     For Further Reading

16. Using Behaviors and Components
     Using Behaviors
     Using Components
     Summary
     For Further Reading

17. Using Server Data
     Using a ListView Control
     Creating a Custom Data Source
     Summary
     For Further Reading

18. Using Remote Web Services
     Using the Google Web Service
     Using the Amazon Web Service
     Transforming a Web Service Result with XSLT
     Using the Yahoo! Web Service (and REST and XPath)
     Summary
     For Further Reading

19. Using Animations
     Using Animations
     Using an Animation to Create a Fade Effect
     Summary
     For Further Reading

20. Fixing Bookmarks and Back/Forward Buttons
     Fixing with Code
     Fixing Bookmarks and Back/Forward Buttons with Controls Using UpdateHistory
     Fixing Bookmarks and Back/Forward Buttons with Controls Using the ASP.NET AJAX Futures
     Summary
     For Further Reading

21. Web Parts
     Using ASP.NET AJAX with ASP.NET Web Parts
     Summary
     For Further Reading

Part V. Microsoft AJAX Library

22. Using ASP.NET AJAX with Other Server Technologies
     Using ASP.NET AJAX with PHP
     Summary
     For Further Reading

Part VI. Appendixes

A. Debugging ASP.NET AJAX Applications

B. XMLHttpRequest Reference

C. DOM Reference

D. ASP.NET AJAX Reference

E. ScriptManager, UpdatePanel, UpdateProgress, and Timer Declarative Reference

Index

About the Author

Christian Wenz is an author, trainer, and consultant. His main focus of working and writing is on web technologies and security. Christian has written or co-written over 50 books for various publishers. He works with both open source and closed source web technologies. This leads to the unusual situation that he has both been awarded a Microsoft MVP for ASP/ASP.NET and is listed in Zend's Who is Who of PHP. He is also listed in Mozilla's credits (about:credits) and is considered an expert in browser-agnostic JavaScript.

Apart from writing and working on web projects, Christian also frequently speaks at developer conferences around the globe that cover web technologies. Among them are 2005's Microsoft Tech Ed Europe conference (BOF session) and the 2005 Zend Conference.

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