ASP.NET AJAX Team Blogs

Some MIX talks

Stephen Walther just published links to the video, slides and sample code for his Ajax talk at MIX09: http://stephenwalther.com/blog/archive/2009/03/22/mix-slides-code-and-session-recording.aspx It’s pretty cool to see all the work we put into Ajax this past year or so presented at MIX. This is a really nice presentation, like Stephen’s always are. Another presentation I had lots of fun watching (not just because the speaker is making an incredible impression of me but also because I’ve been spending a good part of my time lately contributing to the application he’s showing) is Rob Conery’s. Rob is showing an interesting way to develop ASP.NET applications, aimed at ease of use and customization rather than architectural purity. Check it out...

Microsoft Ajax 4.0 Preview 4 now available

The Microsoft Ajax team made the fourth preview of the 4.0 version available on CodePlex . This is an important release because it enables the full client data story, complete with the ability to get changes back to the server automatically. Here’s a quick recap of some of the available features: Getting a client representation of data from an ADO.NET and REST data service. Rendering data on the client using templates . Declarative instantiation of client components. Live bindings , enabling changes in the UI and in the data to be automatically propagated. Command bubbling for codeless wiring of events in template-driven controls. Data identity and association management for efficient and consistent client-server data exchanges. Sending changes...

Wally’s introduction to 3.5 SP1

Wally McClure, MVP extraordinaire and ASP Insider, just published a short book about the new features in ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 . It is a short and to the point read that should get you started in no time. I wouldn’t have shown web service access as the main advantage of jQuery myself (the selector and animation support adds more value for ASP.NET Ajax developers) but that’s a minor thing, and there are plenty of other resources to learn about jQuery . Topics in Wally’s book include: Ajax History Script Combining (including ScriptReferenceProfiler) jQuery Routing Entity Framework Dynamic Data ADO.NET Data Services http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTitle/New-Features-in-ASP-NET-3-5-Service-Pack-1.productCd-0470457341.html Read More...

Building a data driven application with ASP.NET Ajax 4.0 and ADO.NET Data Services

Jim Wang (one of the great QA people on the Ajax team) just started a blog, and his first post is a very detailed walk through building a data-driven application from scratch using ADO.NET Data Services and the new client templates in ASP.NET Ajax 4.0 . http://weblogs.asp.net/jimwang/archive/2008/11/05/working-with-ado-net-data-services-in-ajax.aspx Read More...