Pro ASP.NET 3.5 Server Controls and AJAX Components

Pro ASP.NET 3.5 Server Controls and AJAX Components is a reference for the serious ASP.NET developer who understands the benefits of object–oriented development and wants to apply those principles to ASP.NET 3.5, ASP.NET AJAX, and server control development. This book also covers SharePoint and targets the latest version of Visual Studio (2008) and the .NET Framework (3.5). Highlights include the following:

• Covers the new features in ASP.NET 3.5 and ASP.NET AJAX technology
• Describes the ASP.NET server control architecture in Visual Studio 2008/ASP.NET 3.5 covering state management, events, rendering, cross-platform support, control life cycle, localization, and deployment
• Demonstrates how to integrate client–side development technologies such as DHTML and JavaScript with server control technology to create powerful interactive controls

• Create a powerful suite of interactive controls using ASP.NET 3.5 and ASP.NET AJAX
• Enrich the design–time experience when building custom server controls
• Integrate client–side development technologies such as DHTML and JavaScript with server control technology
• Develop SharePoint server controls
• Learn the background on user controls as compared to server controls
• Work with the new mobile controls in ASP.NET 3.5

The serious ASP.NET developer who understands the benefits of object-oriented development and wants to apply those principles to ASP.NET 3.5 and server control development.

Microsoft's ASP.NET technology is a popular and enduring technology that can be expanded with custom server controls. Custom server controls allow programmers to add advanced features to their web sites by extending existing, well-known controls such as text boxes and buttons.

This book covers how to work with custom server controls and how to add AJAX functions into these applications with Microsoft's implementation of AJAX, ASP.NET AJAX (formerly Atlas). ASP.NET AJAX is the de facto standard for implementing Ajax in ASP.NET 2.0 applications, and every ASP.NET 2.0 developer has to bear it in mind when creating a cutting-edge application.

The intended reader is an experienced ASP.NET developer who wants to get the most out of server controls and add Ajax development to their suite of skills. No other book on server controls covers ASP.NET AJAX, so developers interested in this hot topic have to buy this book. Uniquely, it integrates client-side development technologies such as DHTML and JavaScript with server control technology, which is essential in a modern web application.

Rob Cameron is an Industry Architect with the Developer Platform Evangelism team at Microsoft, working on mobility and entertainment solutions. Rob has over 13 years of solutions architecture and software engineering experience with the last few years focused on the internet, mobility, and entertainment space. You can read more about Rob’s current work at http://blogs.msdn.com/robcamer.

Dale Michalk is employed with Microsoft Corporation in Dallas, Texas. He has been with Microsoft since 2001. He helps promote .NET as a development platform and assists companies interested in migrating to new technologies like ASP.NET. A former Army officer and West Point graduate, he spends his free time chasing after his 2-year-old daughter, who keeps him extremely busy.