Part 1 ASP.NET AJAX basics

1 Introducing ASP.NET AJAX

1.1 What is Ajax?

1.2 ASP.NET AJAX architecture

1.3 ASP.NET AJAX in action

1.4 Summary

2 First steps with the Microsoft Ajax Library

2.1 A quick overview of the library

2.2 The Application model

2.3 Working with the DOM

2.4 Making development with JavaScript easier

2.5 Summary

3 JavaScript for Ajax developers

3.1 Working with objects

3.2 Working with JSON

3.3 Classes in JavaScript

3.4 Understanding inheritance

3.5 Understanding interfaces and enumerations

3.6 Using type reflection

3.7 Working with events

3.8 Summary

4 Exploring the Ajax server extensions

4.1 Ajax for ASP.NET developers

4.2 Enhancing an existing ASP.NET site

4.3 ScriptManager: the brains of an Ajax page

4.4 Partial-page updates

4.5 Summary

5 Making asynchronous network calls

5.1 Working with ASP.NET Web Services

5.2 The asynchronous communication layer

5.3 Consuming external Web Services

5.4 Using ASP.NET application services

5.5 Summary

6 Partial-page rendering with UpdatePanels

6.1 With great power comes great responsibility

6.2 Getting to know the UpdatePanel

6.3 Triggers

6.4 Advanced techniques

6.5 Live GridView filter

6.6 Summary

Part 2 Advanced techniques

7 Under the hood of the UpdatePanel

7.1 The PageRequestManager: the unsung hero

7.2 A client-side event viewer

7.3 UpdatePanel cookbook

7.4 Caveats and limitations

7.5 Summary

8 ASP.NET AJAX client components

8.1 The client component model

8.2 Working with client components

8.3 Behaviors

8.4 Controls

8.5 Summary

9 Building Ajax-enabled controls

9.1 Script descriptors

9.2 Introduction to Ajax-enabled controls

9.3 Extenders

9.4 Script controls

9.5 Summary

10 Developing with the Ajax Control Toolkit

10.1 A world of extenders

10.2 The Ajax Control Toolkit API

10.3 Animations

10.4 Summary

Part 3 ASP.NET AJAX Futures

11 XML Script

11.1 XML Script basics

11.2 Actions

11.3 Bindings

11.4 Summary

12 Dragging and dropping

12.1 The drag-and-drop engine

12.2 A drag-and-drop shopping cart

12.3 Summary

Part 4 Mastering ASP.NET AJAX

13 Implementing common Ajax patterns

13.1 Script versioning

13.2 Helpers, help me help you!

13.3 Logical navigation and unique URLs

13.4 Declarative data binding

13.5 Declarative widgets

13.6 Summary
 
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