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		Course Details: Course authors and instructors: Fritz Onion Joe Hummel Course duration: Three days, 9am-5pm On-site, private deliveries: Contact us to see how we can deliver this course at your company. Programming languages: C#

ASP.NET Ajax is a supplement to the ASP.NET 2.0 framework for building richer, more interactive Web applications. This new Web development framework from Microsoft provides both client-side and server-side components for closing the gap between web and desktop user interfaces. The accompanying Microsoft Ajax Libraries include a browser-neutral client script library that is easily integrated with existing Web applications (including ASP.NET 1.* and non-.NET sites), improving response times and enhancing UIs with DHTML and Javascript features that in the past would have taken enormous development efforts and extensive client-side knowledge. ASP.NET 2.0 applications can take advantage of the Ajax Extensions server-side features to further enhance their UIs, often through simple markup. This course walks you through the components of ASP.NET Ajax, asks you to build a number of Ajax-enabled ASP.NET applications, and shows how best to leverage the capabilities of the extensions to make your clients' experience a richer one.

• Ajax: Asynchronous XML and Javascript programming
• Programming Ajax manually
• The ASP.NET Ajax Extensions framework
• Extensions to JavaScript
• Client-side framework features
• Client-side Web service proxies
• Browser compatibility layer
• Server-side controls and behaviors
• Control toolkit
• ASP.NET integration
• .asmx support for JSON encoding
• ScriptManager
• UpdatePanels
• Control Extenders
• Building Ajax-enabled custom controls
• Debugging Ajax applications with today's tools
• Introduction to Silverlight
• Application design patterns with ASP.NET Ajax

Who Should Attend

Developers interested in taking their ASP.NET applications to the next level with the ASP.NET Ajax. Improve response times, eliminate tedious post-backs, and enhance your UI with sophisticated DHTML behaviors using an intuitive framework.

Prerequisites:

Experience programming in ASP.NET, and Web development in general, is required.

What you should expect to learn:

Attendees will develop a deep understanding of the ASP.NET Ajax, gain valuable insights into using the framework in real web applications, and discover both the advantages and difficulties of using an Ajax-style approach.

Questions this course will answer:

• When should I consider using a standard post-back versus using an Ajax-style callback?
• What are the security implications of using Ajax Extensions over a standard ASP.NET application?
• What are the disadvantages of using Ajax Extensions, and how do I go about dealing with them?
• How can I take advantage of ASP.NET Ajax Extensions from an ASP.NET 1.* application?
• How can I take full advantage of ASP.NET Ajax from an ASP.NET 2.0 application?
• What are the implications of browser navigation and histroy in an Ajax-style application?
• When should I use the ASP.NET Ajax server-side controls and when should I use the client-side framework?
• How can I migrate my existing ASP.NET applications to take advantage of Ajax?
• How can I call external Web services from my Ajax-enabled page?
• How can I build my own custom Ajax Extension controls?
• What is JSON encoding and why is it used instead of SOAP and XML for ASP.NET Ajax calls?
• How can I leverage ASP.NET Ajax and Silverlight in one application?

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