ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX Unleashed

Chapter 1. Introduction to AJAX Technologies

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AJAX and Web 2.0

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Why Use AJAX?

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AJAX: An Example

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Using the AJAX Library

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If you’ve purchased this book, you probably are interested in AJAX technologies. If you are not familiar with the technology or are new to AJAX, it is important that you take some time and understand where AJAX fits into the big picture of web development. This section helps bring you up to speed with AJAX’s place in your web development toolbox.

One problem with the design of web pages (especially ASP.NET web pages) is that to refresh the data on the page, it must postback to the server. This ...