As the Internet user experience (UX) progresses, more users are demanding and expecting their custom-built business applications to provide the same UX that they see on the Internet every day. ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX Unleashed empowers ASP.NET developers to easily provide this type of experience with minimal code. Author Rob Foster has built AJAX-enabled web applications for a number of major corporations and uses the experience he has gained there to explain concisely, clearly, and completely what ASP.NET developers need to learn to start taking advantage of the rich opportunities made possible by ASP.NET AJAX. Learn ASP.NET AJAX by working with real-world examples Use the ScriptManager and ScriptManagerProxy controls in your ASP.NET AJAX-enabled applications Leverage the ASP.NET AJAX client-side API to maximize the flexibility of ASP.NET AJAX Build applications that use the UpdatePanel and Timer controls Use the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit to provide rich AJAX functionality to your web applications Build ASP.NET AJAX-enabled extender controls Integrate ASP.NET AJAX and .NET 3.5 with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Create ASP.NET AJAX-enabled Windows Vista Gadgets Learn advanced AJAX concepts such as JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and WCF Web services

This is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version. As the Internet user experience (UX) progresses, more users are demanding and expecting their custom-built business applications to provide the same UX that they see on the Internet every day. ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX Unleashed empowers ASP.NET developers to easily provide this type of experience with minimal code. Author Rob Foster has built AJAX-enabled web applications for a number of major corporations and uses the experience he has gained there to explain conc.

The most comprehensive book on Microsoft's ASP.NET 4.5 platform, ASP.NET 4.5 Unleashed covers all facets of ASP.NET development and has been fully updated for Visual Studio 2013. It offers both an outstanding tutorial on core features and a "deep dive" for long-term reference. Former Microsoft ASP.NET program manager Stephen Walther and leading enterprise developer Nate Dudek begin by introducing ASP.NET Framework's essential controls, and show how to create common site-wide layouts and styles. Next, they cover all aspects of accessing, presenting, organizing, and editing data. You'll find thorough and practical sections on providing effective site navigation, securing sites and applications, and much more. This edition's extensive new coverage includes: Building ASP.NET Web API applications Building ASP.NET applications for mobile devices Making the most of new asynchronous programming techniques Building real-time multi-user applications with SignalR Protecting sites from hacks and attacks Using strongly-typed data controls and model binding Leveraging JavaScript frameworks and modern techniques to build world-class AJAX solutions Following the same approach that has made previous editions of this book a best-seller, Walther and Dudek present hundreds of realistic, up-to-date, downloadable code examples that reflect their unsurpassed experience with the entire ASP.NET platform.

This resource provides a complete and comprehensive reference for the ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX Framework, appropriate for developers, veterans, and novices alike. (Computer Books)

"Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch represents a breakthrough in business application development for Windows clients, the Web, and the cloud. Using this new tool, you can build powerful data-centric applications with far less code than ever before. Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch Unleashed is the first comprehensive, start-to-finish guide to this powerful new tool. ... You learn how to use LightSwitch to buld modern, scalable, customized line-of-business applications that automatically leverage technologies such as Silverlight, WCF, and SQL Server Express ..."--Back cover.

A developer's guide that covers everything needed to build Windows phone 7.5 mobile apps.

This book explains how to use the ASP.NET AJAX features to create richer, more responsive dynamic websites. It explains the architecture, including the ASP.NET server elements and the client-side Javascript library, and runtime. The book will walk you through examples for each feature element, demonstrating how the client and server interact to produce a better web application. The book also progresses in a way that educates you on how ASP.NET and AJAX build on each other to provide a comprehensive framework for rich application development.