Advanced ASP.NET AJAX Server Controls For .NET Framework 3.5

2. Microsoft AJAX Library Programming

NOW THAT WE’VE COMPLETED our dive into JavaScript and object-oriented concepts as implemented in JavaScript, let’s start to examine the Microsoft AJAX Library.

The Microsoft AJAX Library is a JavaScript framework that exists to make JavaScript programming easier and quicker. It provides objects and programming constructs that we can use to build applications at a more abstract level than if we had to manipulate plain JavaScript. It’s designed to be approachable to ASP.NET developers, so you’ll see many concepts and types that look similar to ones an ASP.NET developer will have come across when building pages and controls.

There’s nothing magical about the Microsoft AJAX Library, and there’s nothing in it ...