ASP.NET AJAX Team Blogs

Using client templates, part 2: Live Bindings

Tales from the Evil Empire : Microsoft AJAX Library — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:58:41 GMT

In part 1 , we saw how to use DataView to render JavaScript data using a simple template. In this post, we'll see how rich bindings unlock richer scenarios where user changes automatically propagate back to the data and to all UI that is bound to it. In part 1 , we used the simplest type of binding, one-way, one-time bindings. These bindings are created using the {{ expression }} syntax, which is both simple and rich in that it enables arbitrary JavaScript expressions. This is made possible by the fact that templates are compiled by the Ajax framework into a JavaScript function and these bindings get embedded right into that generated function. Because of that, the binding gets evaluated only once, when the template is instantiated. For...(read more)

FxCop for Ajax Code

Nikhil Kothari's Weblog — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:54:51 GMT

Script#-based Ajax development enables you to repurpose existing .NET tools - this posts shows how you can use FxCop to perform static code analysis for script code... Read More......(read more)

Using the Ajax Control Toolkit in ASP.NET MVC

Tales from the Evil Empire : Microsoft AJAX Library — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:20:38 GMT

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

Brad Abrams : AJAX — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:16:06 GMT

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. It is great to get a chance to work with John Montgomery and Don Box . While the only pay I get for this gig is free books, I am excited to be able to help connect the industry experts on the most important technologies to the widest possible...(read more)

Ajax Control Toolkit released for .NET 3.5 SP1

Tales from the Evil Empire : Microsoft AJAX Library — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:05:00 GMT

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 new release, this will be done in a couple of days. I will update this post once this is done. What's next? In the very short term, we will provide a client-side only version of the toolkit, similar to the Microsoft Ajax Library , that enables...(read more)

FOLLOW UP: Developer Dinner on .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

Public Sector Developer Weblog : AJAX — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:22:40 GMT

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 out there on the various topics. General MSDN -> Data Platform Development “How Do I?” Videos — Data Platform Development ADO.NET Entity Framework MSDN Library -> ADO.NET Entity Framework ADO.NET Team Blog Entity Framework...(read more)

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

Public Sector Developer Weblog : AJAX — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:25:00 GMT

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 seen any of my 3.5 SP1 or my older "ASP.NET Futures" presentations, then you are already familiar with some of the content in the kit. I used an early release of the kit as the foundation for some of my demos. The kit has come...(read more)

Virtual Earth ASP.NET Control Samples

Public Sector Developer Weblog : AJAX — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:45:44 GMT

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 SDK . If you are leaning towards using the Virtual Earth ASP.NET Control , then you'd be silly not to check this stuff out! - Marc Technorati Tags: virtual earth , asp.net , ajax Read More......(read more)

Need a simple grid for ASP.NET Ajax?

Tales from the Evil Empire : Microsoft AJAX Library — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:37:33 GMT

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 . w00t! Check it out: http://dotnetslackers.com/projects/AjaxDataControls/GridView/Default.aspx Read More......(read more)

Using client templates, part 1

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:39:00 GMT

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 parts of the page with new data without a postback (in other words, Ajax). That's a scenario you could implement in a number of manners. First, you could put an UpdatePanel control around your server rendering of the data and be done with it. That...(read more)

Effects and Transitions for Silverlight

Nikhil Kothari's Weblog — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:49:41 GMT

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

Public Sector Developer Weblog : AJAX — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:45:30 GMT

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 of JavaScript. Yesterday, as part of the latest Windows Live™ Tools for Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008 CTP, a new Virtual Earth ASP.NET control was released. This is a sweet control that makes integrating Virtual Earth...(read more)

ASP.NET AJAX 4.0 CodePlex Preview 1 available

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:08:30 GMT

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 weeks. As usual, all feedback is very welcome. http://www.codeplex.com/aspnet/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=15511 Read More......(read more)

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

Brad Abrams : AJAX — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:07:42 GMT

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

Public Sector Developer Weblog : AJAX — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:11:24 GMT

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.msdn.com/posts/keydet/Rendering-Polygons-from-SQL-Server-2008-on-Virtual-Earth/ Code: - Marc Technorati Tags: virtual earth , asp.net , ajax , wcf , linq , sql server 2008 Read More......(read more)