Chapter 11. ASP.NET AJAX Framework
Visual Studio 2010 includes a new version of the ASP.NET AJAX Framework that can be used in any web application. When working with the ASP.NET AJAX Framework, many developers believe that it consists of little more than the UpdatePanel, which is a shame because it offers so much more. Many developers also believe that the framework can be utilized only in ASP.NET applications. They would be wrong; the ASP.NET AJAX Framework is (mostly) just plain ol' JavaScript files and can be utilized in any web application—ASP.NET, PHP, Ruby, or anything else you can think of. Although some functionality doesn't make much sense outside the ASP.NET platform, it's a tiny part of the libraries.
This release introduces a new ...
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