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ASP.NET Ajax in Action
and Rama Krishna Vavilala
Copyright 2008 Manning Publications
Chapter 2
by Alessandro Gallo
David Barkol
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brief contents
PART 1ASP.NET AJAX BASICS ................................................1
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Introducing ASP.NET AJAX 3
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First steps with the Microsoft Ajax Library 36
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JavaScript for Ajax developers 73
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Exploring the Ajax server extensions 114
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Making asynchronous network calls 141
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Partial-page rendering with UpdatePanels 194
PART 2ADVANCED TECHNIQUES ...........................................229
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Under the hood of the UpdatePanel 231
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ASP.NET AJAX client components 264
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Building Ajax-enabled controls 299
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Developing with the Ajax Control Toolkit 332
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PART 3ASP.NET AJAX FUTURES .........................................371
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XML Script 373
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Dragging and dropping 410
PART 4MASTERING ASP.NET AJAX .....................................441
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Implementing common Ajax patterns 443
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First steps with the
Microsoft Ajax Library
In this chapter:
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Overview of the Microsoft Ajax Library
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The Application model
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The abstraction API for working with the DOM
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JavaScript extensions
