Publisher's Synopsis
Rethink the way you plan, design, and build Web applications-with expert guidance from Web development luminary Dino Esposito. Whether giving legacy sites a much-needed tune-up-or architecting rich Internet applications from the ground up-you'll learn pragmatic approaches to AJAX development that you can employ today.
Discover how to:
- Delve into the mechanics and design goals of partial rendering-such as improving page-refresh speed
- Use AJAX-enabled server controls to bring desktop-like functionality to Web solutions
- Apply design patterns to common Web development issues, including client-side data binding
- Manipulate JavaScript more easily using the jQuery and Microsoft AJAX libraries
- Examine the interoperability and security models in Microsoft Silverlight
- Weigh the tradeoffs when architecting Web applications for richness (Silverlight) vs. reach (AJAX)-and deliver the right solution for your audience
