AJAX has brought a rich inactive content to web pages and web applications. The newest vision of Visual Studio, Visual Studio 2010 brings many plus to creating AJAX web content. This course covers some of the basics for using AJAX, dealing with server aide and client AJAX controls. Creating content rich AJAX applications will show how to use the UpdatePanel controls, page methods and other items. The AJAX Control Toolkit section will explain the controls, extenders, and script manager. The next part of the course explores the jQuery Library, which Microsoft has fully embraced as its client-side javascript library.
You’ll learn about the library and how to put it to use, including how to write effective selectors to create matched sets of elements. Then you’ll learn how to bring a page alive with jQuery, using features like changing page content, animating elements on the page, and using the jQuery UI Library for even more effects. One of the original motivations for jQuery was to support AJAX, and the library includes rich support for asynchronous calls to the server. You’ll also learn how to make use of various other jQuery extensions and see how to build your own plugin.
Prerequisites: This course assumes that you are familiar and experienced with Microsoft’s .NET Framework and ASP.NET development tools. You should be familiar with Web development and understand how HTTP and HTML work to produce Web pages for the user. You should have experience writing applications with ASP.NET 3.5, 4.0, or later Web forms, and be familiar with how ASP.NET processes page requests, and have strong experience with .NET Framework 3.5, 4.0, or later programming. You should have experience with Visual Studio 2008, 2010, or later for building Web application projects. Experience with building database applications using these tools will be helpful, although not strictly necessary. You should also have some experience with writing javascript.
AJAX Fundamentals

Introducing AJAX
Essential javascript
Server and Client-Side AJAX

Server-Side AJAX: UpdatePanel and Related Controls

Partial Page Rendering
The ScriptManager Control
The UpdatePanel Control
Other Server-Side AJAX Controls

Creating Rich AJAX Applications

Using Multiple UpdatePanel Controls
Using Page Methods
AJAX History and the Browser Back Button

ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit

Introduction to the AJAX Control Toolkit
Toolkit Controls and Extenders
ToolkitScriptManager Control

The jQuery Library

jQuery for the ASP.NET Developer
Using jQuery
Selectors, Wrapped Sets and Chains

Bring a Web Page Alive with jQuery

Work with Page Elements
Use Animations and Effects
The jQuery User Interface Library

Using jQuery's AJAX Features

AJAX Made Simple with jQuery
GETs, POSTs and Data Formats
Taking Full Control with the AJAX Method

jQuery Extensions

jQuery Extensions in Microsoft's World
Building Your Own Extensions