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A practical tutorial to enhancing the user experience of your ASP.NET web applications with the final release of the Microsoft AJAX Library. What is Microsoft Ajax Library? Microsoft Ajax Library or otherwise known as Asynchronous JavaScript and XML is a unique compilation of standards-based JavaScript classes included in ASP.NET Ajax. The library is supported by most of today’s most popular browsers and is used to build client-centric web applications that are used to integrate with backend data providers. In short Ajax is a web development technique for creating interactive applications.

This book features eight chapters. Each chapter holds a wealth of information. The book as a whole is essential to the understanding of the new Microsoft Ajax Library, it provides a detail look into how each aspect works, how each application or tool can be used, and how the reader can use each to their full advantage. The authors provide a greater understanding of what was once a closed topic, understood only by those who spent year dabbling in it.

Microsoft Ajax Library Essentials is a book designed to serve as a practical tutorial to enhance a user’s experience of the ASP.NET web applications with the latest release of the Microsoft Ajax Library. It serves to teach practical development strategies and techniques. The first chapter covers topics such as Ajax and its relationship with Web 2.0, HTTP and HTML, Server Side Technologies, Client Side technologies, What makes Ajax, Uses and Misuses, an introduction to ASP.NET, resources and tools, installing IIS, installing visual web developers, and a section on how to quick start Ajax. It is easy to see early on that this book provides an in-depth view of the Microsoft client library for Ajax and is beneficial to any within the world of client side or server side technologies.

This book serves as a fantastic overview of the object oriented capabilities of JavaScript. Rather then just taking a swing at JavaScript this book gives readers the information they need to use OOP aspects so there is much more to be acquired from its material. Daire and Brinzarea reveal in a simple and easy to follow manner the proper way to create HTML codes with the Document Object Model. The book also covers all of the debugging tools for JavaScript, like Nikhil Kothari’s Web Development Helper. These tools are extremely helpful with JSON and complicated JavaScript. The Web Development Helper offers a more detailed view JavaScript error messages and the complete stack trace, allowing users to gain a greater understanding of the error messages and how to avoid or bypass them.
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