AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) describes a cross-platform, client-centric approach to developing Web applications. In AJAX, developers use client scripts to make asynchronous calls to Web server applications using an XML-based protocol. The new ASP.NET technology code-named 'Atlas' is a package of Microsoft technologies that applies and extends the AJAX approach. This topic describes the Web application development issues that AJAX addresses, explains the basic concepts of AJAX, and introduces ASP.NET 'Atlas' as a significant evolution and enhancement of the AJAX approach.
The .NET Framework includes a series of classes that implement a new data access technology that is specifically designed for use in the .NET world. We'll look at why this has come about, and how it relates to the techniques used in ASP. In fact, the new framework classes provide a whole lot more than just a .NET version of ADO. Like the move from ASP to ASP.NET, they involve fundamental changes in the approach to managing data in external data stores.
This paper will provide a broad introduction to the topic of data-driven web sites, and how they are implemented in ASP.NET. It starts with a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of data-driven sites, and then moves on to examine the sources that such data can come from. After that, you will know the .NET Framework's data access strategy of choice, ADO.NET, including its architecture, its classes, and how it fits into the structure of data-driven applications.
What exactly is XSLT useful for and why would you, as an ASP.NET developer, want to learn about it? The answer boils down to the capability of XSLT to transform XML documents into different formats that can be consumed by a variety of devices, including browsers, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), Web-enabled phones, and other devices that will appear in the near future.
From this session, brought to you by Microsoft and DevelopMentor, you will learn the internal details of how ASP .NET works, from the new compiled processing model to the inheritance story of a page and code-behind. Also, learn about the strengths of Web Forms and a completly new Server-Side controls architecture. You will also learn how to scale a Web site by taking advantage of the new state management features in ASP .NET. Finally, you will learn about Web Services - how they work and where they fit in the world of distributed computing. Source code included.
ASP.NET is the .NET framework layer that handles Web requests for specific types of files, namely those with .aspx and .acsx extensions. The ASP.NET engine provides a robust object model for creating dynamic content and is loosely integrated into the .NET framework. This integration makes it easy to change the implementation when the .NET framework migrates to platforms other than Windows.
With the advent of .NET, support for ASP.NET development has been fully integrated into Visual Studio .NET. It provides an extremely powerful and usable environment for ASP.NET development in the guise of Web Forms, as well as the more traditional types of application (Windows Forms). And now Visual Studio .NET is joined by another Microsoft product, namely the Microsoft ASP.NET Web Matrix Project (referred to from here on in as 'Web Matrix').
In this article, Shawn Wildermuth shows you how to get started streaming your music or video over the Internet with Windows Streaming Services and ASP.NET.
ASP