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Building Rich Internet Applications with ASP.NET AJAX

To begin using ASP.NET AJAX, install the ASP.NET AJAX Framework from http://ajax.asp.net. The ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX SDK, server runtime, source code, and documentation can be installed from http://ajax.asp.net and is a prerequisite for the code samples in this chapter. ASP.NET AJAX installs System.Web.Extensions to the Global Assembly Cache as a Microsoft-supported extension to ASP.NET. Similar to other components in ASP.NET, objects within the ASP.NET AJAX Framework exist in the System.Web namespace.

To be an effective AJAX developer, you need a fundamental understanding of JavaScript. Microsoft extends JavaScript through the Microsoft AJAX Library, with which you can create rich Web interfaces ...