Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX (Pro - Developer) [Paperback]

Dino Esposito (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0735624135 | ISBN-13: 978-0735624139 | Publication Date: May 9, 2007 | Edition: 1

Get a jump on using the new framework for developing AJAX-enabled ASP.NET applications—with insights from a noted authority on ASP.NET. This reference covers the February 2007 release of ASP.NET AJAX Extensions 1.0. It delivers practical instruction and extensive code samples to help you create state-of-the-art applications with the latest Web development tools.

Discover how to:

• Understand the “AJAX lifestyle” fundamentals for creating interactive, responsive applications
• Use the Microsoft AJAX Library to support object-oriented JavaScript programming
• Access rich, sophisticated controls from the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit
• Apply extenders to add new client-side behavior to existing ASP.NET controls
• Implement partial page rendering without client-side programming
• Use ASP.NET built-in authentication and profile services from JavaScript
  
• Create server-side services that can be invoked from JavaScript

Companion Web site includes:

• Microsoft Visual C# and JavaScript code samples
• Book updates covering the latest ASP.NET AJAX releases

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From the Publisher

Key Book Benefits:

-Provides coverage of both client-side and server-side development

-Covers ASP.NET AJAX 1.0, as released in January 2007

-Features Online Product Extensions for updated code samples during the continuing development process

About the Author

Dino Esposito is the ASP.NET and Microsoft ADO.NET expert at Solid Quality Learning, a premier training and consulting firm. Based in Rome, Italy, Dino is a frequent speaker at industry events such as DevConnections, WinDev, and Microsoft TechEd. He writes the monthly Cutting Edge column for MSDN® Magazine and is a regular contributor to Microsoft's ASP.NET and Longhorn Developer Centers, aspnetPRO, CoDe, the Asp-Net-2-The-Max newsletter, and other magazines. Dino is the author of several other Microsoft Press books, including Programming Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Core Reference.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press; 1 edition (May 9, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735624135
• ISBN-13: 978-0735624139
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #190,627 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #11 in Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Languages & Tools > Ajax
  • #28 in Books > Computers & Technology > Microsoft > Development > .NET

More About the Author

Dino Esposito is a well-known ASP.NET and ADO.NET expert at Solid Quality Learning, a global provider of advanced education and mentoring for Microsoft technologies. He speaks at industry events, including Win-Dev and Microsoft TechEd, contributes to MSDN Magazine and other publications, and is the author of several Microsoft Press books.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Introduction to ASP.NET AJAX, May 29, 2007

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Scott Guthrie (Redmond, WA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX (Pro - Developer) (Paperback)

Dino has written some of the best ASP.NET books in the past, and has delivered another good one with this introductory ASP.NET AJAX book.

"Introducing ASP.NET AJAX" provides a nice introduction to ASP.NET AJAX 1.0. The book is written against the final ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 release, and so is current with the final APIs that was shipped.

The book covers both the server side libraries of ASP.NET AJAX (updatepanel, updateprogress, etc) as well as provides an introductory look at the client-side Javascript libraries. The book also provides a chapter that covers the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit controls.

The book itself isn't very long (300 pages), and can be read quickly. It also has a good index at the back.

If you are getting started with ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 and are looking for a nice book that will give you a good sense of the breadth ASP.NET AJAX offers, as well as how to start taking advantage of it, this book is a good place to start.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb book, extremely well written., May 30, 2007

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Sangeet Agarwal - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX (Pro - Developer) (Paperback)

This is a very good introduction to Asp.net Ajax.

In the first chapter itself the author shows you how to implement a rudimentary homegrown Ajax framework that helps explain what happens under the hood.

Part 2 of the book is focussed on explaining partial page rendering, and the author also takes you on a quick tour of control extenders (control extenders essentially allow existing server side controls to express Ajax behavior). The "Pulsating heart of Asp.net Ajax" explains the plumbing that helps build the Asp.net Ajax framework.

Part 3 of the book is devoted to remote method calls to web services and page methods, and also speaks about implementing client side authentication services.

This book is a true gem, buy it ...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Much needed description of ASP.NET Ajax, July 8, 2007

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Stenberg, Jan Olof "jan_stenberg" (Umeå, Sweden) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX (Pro - Developer) (Paperback)

A very good description of how to write good ASP.NET Ajax code, following Microsofts intentions with the framework. Each of the three books I have read, the other two are Professional ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX (Programmer to Programmer) and ASP.NET AJAX in Action, are missing small parts but together the are really good, a 5 star collection.