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Microsoft Ajax 4 Preview 5: The DataView Control
Preview 5 of the Microsoft Ajax 4.0 library has been released. Some quick background – this the next version of the client-side ajax framework you have probably already heard of, the one that ships along with ASP.NET 3.5 (but is also available in script form). The fact it ships with ASP.NET has sometimes led to it being called the ASP.NET AJAX Framework. Technically, that name is a superset – it encompasses “Microsoft Ajax” and it’s ASP.NET specific, server-side features, like the ScriptManager. But “Microsoft Ajax” always has and always will be an ajax framework that is not tied to any specific server-side technology. Also noteworthy is that this 4.0 library can run on top of ASP.NET 3.5, replacing the 3.5 version it normally uses.