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ASP.NET Ajax UpdatePanel PDF erratum
I corrected a few remaining errors in our O'Reilly shortcut on UpdatePanel (mainly references to the old Atlas codename). If you already bought it, you can download the new version for free. And if you haven't, what are you waiting for? ;)
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Microsoft joins OpenAjax
I'm extremely pleased to announce that we're joining OpenAjax today and that I'll represent the company in the organization's meetings starting this Thursday. This is a way for us to ensure that our user community can combine the Microsoft AJAX Library and ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions with other frameworks, today and in the future. Interoperability in the browser is a hard problem but it opens key Ajax scenarios. An industry-wide organization such as OpenAjax is a great way to ensure this goal is met in the long-term.
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What are these Foo$Bar$baz functions in the Microsoft Ajax Library files?
If you've looked at the debug version of our JavaScript files, you may have noticed code similar to that:
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How to manipulate files inside Inetpub/wwwroot all day without being bugged by UAC
A lot has been written about UAC. Some choose to disable it. I chose not to and I'm doing just fine. At least, I don't have to type in my password on every prompt like on some other OS that likes to mock us on TV ;)
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UpdatePanel PDF updated for ASP.NET Ajax 1.0
The PDF document that I wrote with Matt Gibbs a while ago on UpdatePanel is now up to date and in sync with the RTW (Release to Web) version of the ASP.NET 2.0 Ajax Extensions. It's a 60 page document that teaches how to use the UpdatePanel control to incrementally "ajaxify" an ASP.NET 2.0 web site. The booklet comes with downloadable code samples that are immediately applicable in the real world. -
What happens when Mozilla, Microsoft and Opera get together under Douglas Crockford's moderation?
A very interesting conference that's available from Yahoo!. Douglas Crockford's introduction is worth the watch in itself but the others also have very interesting things to say.
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ASP.NET Ajax-aware JavaScript IntelliSense available from the Orcas CTP
This is an absolutely awesome feature. IntelliSense / autocompletion for JavaScript is a difficult problem (because of the dynamic nature of JavaScript) which the Visual Studio team is brilliantly solving. They were able to build an elegant solution to the problem that works reasonably well on plain JavaScript, but really shines when used with ASP.NET Ajax. The type information that we added to our debug scripts through doc comments really helps in making the whole experience seamless.