ASP.NET AJAX Team Blogs

Using the Ajax Control Toolkit in ASP.NET MVC

2008-08-25T19:20:38Z

Stephen Walther has a pretty cool post on using the new file-only version of the Ajax Control Toolkit from an MVC application: http://weblogs.asp.net/stephenwalther/archive/2008/08/22/asp-net-mvc-tip-36-create-a-popup-calendar-helper.aspx Read More......(read more)

Book Plug: Advanced ASP.NET AJAX Server Controls For .NET Framework 3.5

2008-08-22T16:16:06Z

I recently got a copy of Advanced ASP.NET AJAX Server Controls For .NET Framework 3.5 . This promises to be a great book. With .NET Framework 3.5, Ajax is really interesting the mainstream and the Ajax Server Controls make it very easy for the millions of ASP.NET developers to easily take advantage of the power Ajax offers. Enjoy it! This is the first book in the .NET Development Series to come out since I was asked to be on the editorial board for the series...(read more)

Ajax Control Toolkit released for .NET 3.5 SP1

2008-08-21T18:05:00Z

I just released the latest version of the Ajax Control Toolkit for .NET 3.5 SP1. This is an intermediary release that provides a version of the Toolkit that is built against the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1. It contains a new control, MultiHandleSlider, built by Daniel Crenna (thanks, Daniel, you're the hero of this release) and integrates patches contributed by the community. A big thank you to all who contributed (see their names in the hall of fame ). The sample web site is not yet updated to this...(read more)

FOLLOW UP: Developer Dinner on .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

2008-08-21T15:22:40Z

Thanks to everyone who attended! You can download the deck and links to the code here: Normally, I make my actual demo code available for download. However, this time around, my demo code was based on the .NET 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit. I blogged about it here: http://blogs.msdn.com/devkeydet/archive/2008/08/18/free-training-on-net-framework-3-5-sp1-and-asp-net-mvc.aspx The kit has everything I showed in my demos and more! I also promised to link to a bunch of good content...(read more)

Free training on .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and ASP.NET MVC

2008-08-18T18:25:00Z

Looking for free introductory training on the .NET 3.5 SP1 & ASP.NET MVC? Head over to Jonathan Carter's blog to get all the details on the .NET 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit RTM . What will you find? Information and links to download a kit that has presentations, demos, and labs covering what's new in ASP.NET AJAX, ASP.NET Routing, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Dynamic Data, ADO.NET Data Services, ADO.NET Entity Framework, WCF, and Visual Studio 2008 SP1. If you've...(read more)

Virtual Earth ASP.NET Control Samples

2008-08-18T14:45:44Z

John O'Brien , a Windows Live Developer MVP, has been cranking out samples of how to use the Virtual Earth ASP.NET Control . He's also blogging over at www.liveside.net now. His latest post is titled Server Side Clustering and comes complete with videos! John has also created a site where you can see his samples live and download all the samples at http://veasp.soulsolutions.com.au/ . He's organized the samples in a similar fashion to the Virtual Earth Interactive...(read more)

Need a simple grid for ASP.NET Ajax?

2008-08-06T04:37:33Z

A client grid control is probably the most requested control for the Ajax Control Toolkit . It will come eventually but if you need a simple grid control right now, DotNetSlackers' Ajax Data Controls do a pretty good job. Their grid supports pagination , sorting , drag and drop of columns , in-place edition and is server-integrated. They also provide repeater types of controls but those are made a little more complex to use because of the lack of data binding. The whole thing is open-source ...(read more)

Using client templates, part 1

2008-07-31T06:39:00Z

Last week, we shipped the first preview for the Ajax work we're doing in ASP.NET 4.0 under the simple form of a simple script file (release and debug versions). This should show how much emphasis this release puts on the client-side. As a matter of facts, I'll use a plain HTML file here instead of an ASPX file to make it perfectly clear that everything here (except for the web service that provides the data) runs on the client. One of the scenarios we're trying to improve is updating...(read more)

Effects and Transitions for Silverlight

2008-07-30T03:49:41Z

Another installment of Silverlight.FX additions to enable creating declarative views - this time, pre-packaged, declarative effects and transitions... Read More......(read more)

Building Virtual Earth applications just keeps getting easier

2008-07-29T12:45:30Z

I've given a number of presentations on Virtual Earth development over the last couple years. The first thing ASP.NET WebForms developers say to me is how bummed they are that they have to write JavaScript. That's understandable. ASP.NET WebForms developers have come to expect server controls to do most of the heavy lifting for them. ASP.NET AJAX introduced the UpdatePanel control which allows you to AJAX enable your applications without having to write a single line...(read more)

ASP.NET AJAX 4.0 CodePlex Preview 1 available

2008-07-21T18:08:30Z

I'm very happy to announce that the first preview for the new Ajax features in ASP.NET just went live. Thanks to everyone who made that happen and thanks to all of you for providing feedback on the Roadmap . This preview contains preview implementations for the following features: Client-side template rendering Declarative instantiation of behaviors and controls DataView control Markup extensions Bindings I'll go over those features in more details and provide walkthroughs in the following...(read more)

DropThings: Open Source ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX Portal - new and improved

2008-07-21T16:07:42Z

Omar AL Zabir (author of Building a Web 2.0 Portal with ASP.NET 3.5 ) updated his very cool ASP.NET AJAX Portal application with 3.5 features, Workflow Foundation and new C# 3.0 features. Play with it here: http://www.dropthings.com/ Check out the details ... Read More......(read more)

SCREENCAST: Rendering Polygons from SQL Server 2008 on Virtual Earth

2008-07-18T23:11:24Z

In this screencast, I build off of the concepts shown in my previous screencast and show you how to render a polygon on a Virtual Earth map using REST, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), LINQ to SQL, and the new geography data type in SQL Server 2008. To learn more about the GeoRSS utility library, visit: http://blogs.msdn.com/eugeniop/archive/2008/07/01/simple-georss-utility-library-released.aspx A big thanks to Eugenio Pace for letting me use it as part of my sample! Screencast: http://channel9...(read more)

SCREENCAST: Saving Virtual Earth Polygons to SQL Server 2008

2008-07-18T22:16:06Z

In this screencast, I show you how to draw a polygon on a Virtual Earth map and save it using ASP.NET AJAX, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), LINQ to SQL, and the new geography data type in SQL Server 2008. Screencast: http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/keydet/Saving-Virtual-Earth-Polygons-to-SQL-Server-2008/ Code: - Marc Technorati Tags: virtual earth , asp.net , ajax , wcf , linq , sql server 2008 Read More......(read more)

WEBCAST RECORDING: Adding Mapping Capabilities to your Applications with Virtual Earth and ASP.NET AJAX

2008-07-16T14:27:53Z

First, let me apologize since I promised to make this recording available almost two months ago. I was trying to get the recording uploaded to the same Live Meeting servers as my other webcasts. Needless to say, I had some challenges. I decided to upload it to Silverlight Streaming . I had to split the presentation into two files since this is a 90 minute presentation and Silverlight Streaming has file size limits. In this presentation, I show you the fundamentals of the Virtual...(read more)