Professional ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX

Chapter 10. Working with Animations

By far, one of the largest features of the ASP.NET AJAX Toolkit (in terms of JavaScript code) is the animation capabilities that it provides. The ASP.NET AJAX Toolkit was covered earlier in this book in Chapter 7. It is suggested that you read this chapter prior to reading this coverage of animations.

Applying animations is a great endeavor for your Web applications that you are building today as it gives you an ability to use the Dynamic HTML (DHTML) capabilities of moving objects around on the page. I'm not saying that the old HTML <blink> tag was a good idea, but adding items like transitions, fades, and other slight movements makes your pages seem less jerky than they normally would as your end users make requests and wait for responses.

This chapter provides you with a basic overview of the animation capabilities found in the ASP.NET AJAX Toolkit and explains how to incorporate them into your pages.