ASP.NET 3.5 Unleashed

Chapter 31. Using Server-Side ASP.NET AJAX

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IN THIS CHAPTER

• The Ajax Vision

• Server-Side Ajax versus Client-Side Ajax

• Debugging Ajax Applications

• Using the UpdatePanel Control

• Using the Timer Control

• Using the UpdateProgress Control

• Summary

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Microsoft ASP.NET is a dying technology. It received its death blow on February 18, 2005 when Jesse James Garrett published his article “Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications.” All that is left is the long, slow goodbye.

All the previous chapters in this book were about ASP.NET. ASP.NET is the present. This chapter, and the two that follow, are about the future. The future is Ajax. In this chapter and the next, you learn about server-side ASP.NET AJAX. In the chapter that follows, you learn about ...