ASP.NET AJAX in Action



Price: $29.69


ASP.NET AJAX in Action (Manning Publications) - August 2007Publisher: Manning Publications - August 24, 2007

ISBN-10: 1933988142, ISBN-13: 9781933988146

Author: Alessandro Gallo
 David Barkol
 Rama Vavilala


600 pages


ASP.NET AJAX in Action - book reviews: 29



Book Description
Ajax has revolutionized the way users interact with web pages today. Gone are frustrating page refreshes, lost scroll positions and intermittent interaction with a web site. Instead, we have a new generation of fast, rich, and more intuitive web applications. The ASP.NET AJAX framework puts the power of Ajax into the hands of web developers. ASP.NET AJAX, formerly called Atlas, is a new free framework from Microsoft designed to easily add Ajax features to ASP.NET applications. With this technology, ASP.NET developers can easily build more interactive and highly-personalized web applications that work across all most popular browsers.

ASP.NET AJAX in Action is a fast-paced, example-rich tutorial designed for ASP.NET web developers and written by ASP.NET AJAX experts Alessandro "Garbin" Gallo, David Barkol, and Rama Krishna Vavilala. This book introduces you to Ajax applications and to the ASP.NET AJAX technology. Beginners will appreciate the clear explanations of key ideas and terminology. Intermediate and advanced ASP.NET developers will find a no-nonsense learning source and well-organized reference.

ASP.NET AJAX in Action offers a rich set of examples and meticulous explanations. The extensive code samples are accompanied by accurate and rigorous explanations of the concepts behind development with ASP.NET AJAX. In this book, you will discover how to use

  • Microsoft Ajax Library
  • Partial rendering with UpdatePanels
  • Advanced client and server techniques
  • Ajax Control Toolkit

    If you are a web developer looking to bring your web pages to life and to enhance the user experience, this book is for you.

    ASP.NET AJAX in Action will give you with the knowledge and tools you need to more easily craft the next generation of Ajax applications. With the help of the Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX framework, Ajax development has never been easier and more instinctive for both client-script developers and ASP.NET developers alike.



    • Most helpful customer reviews

    Book rating: 5Bravo

    You can find lots of tutorials throughout the net that give you the kind of thing you need - instant coding ideas for the busy developer to complete a task. If you find that you are doing this more than once or twice for a particular discipline, then its time to hunker down with a book and get some background.

    This books filled that need for me - it's the perfect introductory text for marrying ajax concepts with those of ASP.NET. They spend just enough time on background information. The examples are plentiful and well explained. This is my first "In Action" book and I am definitely going to become a fan of the series.

    Ronald A. Gray
    06 February, 2010

    Book rating: 5Superb

    This is a great learning tool for those in need of a way to quickly coming up to speed with Microsoft's ASP.NET AJAX framework. Although it could benefit those with little JavaScript experience, you will understand things much better and easier by having just a small amount of JavaScript under your belt before starting this book.

    Ryan Pfister
    26 June, 2009

    Book rating: 5The only ASP.NET AJAX book you will need

    This book provides excellent coverage of ASP.NET AJAX and is geared towards the expert ASP.NET developer. Readers who are looking for a lighter introduction to AJAX will get plenty of value out of this book, but they may be better off buying a 24 hour reference book or similar title. But if you need to really use AJAX in the real world I highly recommend this book. The book is well organized, and the chapters build logically on the previous ones. The layout is accessible, so I can use this book as a reference or for in-depth review. I greatly appreciated their coverage of advanced topics thus saving me having to go online as I usually need to do once it's time to apply the technology to the real-world. The only chapter I skipped was on XML script, which is a futures technology that may not eventually be adopted. I would give this book 6 stars if I could because it represents everything that is done right in a technology book. Highly recommended.

    JH
    15 June, 2009

    Book rating: 4Very Helpful

    This book provides the best general coverage for ASP.NET Ajax that I have found. It is easy to read and the content is thorough.

    Mark Phillips
    10 February, 2009

    Book rating: 4The best, if somewhat dated, book on the subject

    The book is an excellent book because it really describes what exactly happens in the ASP and AJAX post back process, and details the application interface models. It also contains an excellent tutorial for working with Javascript in the context of the Microsoft AJAX implementation with ScriptManager.

    While there is a book web site with some updates, I feel that an updated book would be helpful that includes information about working with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and JSON. Perhaps this is already in the works.






    D. E. Karasek
    30 December, 2008