Chapter 10. AJAX and Browser History

After completing this chapter, you will

  • Understand the importance of navigational history and Back button support.

  • Understand the Microsoft AJAX Library’s support for history using Sys.Application.

  • Be able to implement history in your AJAX application.

  • Be able to support the Back and Forward buttons in the Web browser.

In the last few chapters we’ve examined the Microsoft AJAX Library in depth, along with its support for components, behaviors, controls, and rendering. Throughout the book, you’ve seen how to implement an AJAX application from the ground up using Web services for application functionality. As page-based navigation has been replaced with AJAX navigation, the overall usability of the Web application ...

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