Mini-review & Competition ASP.NET AJAX in Action

In this book, you'll learn how to use:

• Microsoft Ajax Library
• Partial rendering with UpdatePanels
• Advanced client and server techniques
• Ajax Control Toolkit

Summary of Contents 

Part 1 ASP.NET AJAX basics

• Chapter 1: Introducing ASP.NET AJAX
• Chapter 2: First steps with the Microsoft Ajax Library
• Chapter 3: JavaScript for Ajax developers
• Chapter 4: Exploring the Ajax server extensions
• Chapter 5: Making asynchronous network calls
• Chapter 6: Partial-page rendering with UpdatePanels

Part 2 Advanced techniques

• Chapter 7: Under the hood of the UpdatePanel
• Chapter 8: ASP.NET AJAX client components
• Chapter 9: Building Ajax-enabled controls
• Chapter 10: Developing with the Ajax Control Toolkit

Part 3 ASP.NET AJAX Futures

• Chapter 11: XML Script
• Chapter 12: Dragging and dropping

Part 4 Mastering ASP.NET AJAX

• Chapter 13: Implementing common Ajax patterns

Who is this book for?

This book is targeted at ASP.NET developers who want to master the ASP.NET AJAX Extensions. Even if  this book was written with the beginner and intermediate developers in mind, the advanced developer could benefit from it, due to the new concepts and programming techniques brought to the ASP.NET world by the ASP.NET AJAX framework.

Conclusion

ASP.NET AJAX in Action is a book that guides readers from the initial stages of developing with ASP.NET AJAX all the way to becoming an expert.

The book is written in a formal style but still easy to read. The content is set out into four parts and embraces the ASP.NET AJAX development from JavaScript to basic authentication and cross-site-scripting security to the improvements coming in the forthcoming Orcas release, to common patters for use. It is full of practical examples to apply immediately to code, as well as thorough explanations that enable readers to expand on and understand the code provided. Diagrams and code samples are clear, attractive, and plentiful.

We highly recommend this book to anyone intending to adopt ASP.NET AJAX for their sites, and especially for anyone coming into a project already using it. It is excellent to serve as both a reference book and a learning material.

Competition

We've got a brand new mini-review and competition of ASP.NET AJAX in Action book. The friendly people of Manning are giving away 5 books!

All you need to do, to enter the competition is, download the sample PDF and answer the following question:

"What does "the box model" describe?"

Send your answer to this e-mail address, before Tuesday the 11th of December 2007. Don't forget to include your post address and phone number (required for international shipping) in the e-mail.