Microsoft Ajax Taking Ajax to the Next Level Stephen Walther Senior Program Manager Microsoft ASP.NET WIA303

Overview Microsoft Ajax CDN Microsoft Ajax Tools Microsoft Ajax Library

Microsoft Ajax CDN Content Delivery Networks improve your website performance because: Files get cached across the world Files get cached across domains Files get compressed Files get cached on the browser with a far future header

Microsoft Ajax CDN What’s on the CDN? Microsoft Ajax Library jQuery jQuery Validation Library ASP.NET Framework JavaScript

Microsoft Ajax CDN You can start using Microsoft Ajax like this: <script src=“ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/beta/0911/Start.js”> </Script>

Microsoft Ajax CDN Quickly improve ASP.NET Web Forms performance: <ScriptManager EnableCdn=“true” Runat=“Server” />

Using jQuery from the Microsoft Ajax CDN demo Using jQuery from the Microsoft Ajax CDN

Microsoft Ajax Minifier Reduces the size of JavaScript files: Normal Minification – Remove whitespace, comments, and unnecessary semi-colons and curly braces. Hypercrunching – Reduce variable names and remove unreachable statements, functions, and variables.

Microsoft Ajax Minifier Command Line Tool MSBuild Task Component

Using the Microsoft Ajax Minifier demo Using the Microsoft Ajax Minifier

Microsoft Ajax Library Rich library for building Ajax applications: Compatible with all modern browsers including Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Opera, and Mozilla Firefox. Includes a rich set of server-side controls for ASP.NET Web Forms developers. Includes pure client library for ASP.NET MVC, PHP, or pure HTML applications.

Microsoft Ajax Library Features Powerful Client Data Access Library Client Script Loader Seamless jQuery Integration

Powerful Client Data Access Library ASMX Web Services WCF Services ADO.NET Data Services MVC Controllers Any JSON End-Point Client Templates Client Data-Binding 2 way data-binding

Displaying Data from a WCF Service demo Displaying Data from a WCF Service

Creating a Master/Detail form demo Creating a Master/Detail form

Updating Database Data Demo Updating Database Data

Client Script Loader Loads all scripts required by a component and executes the scripts in the right order automatically. Supports combining scripts automatically for improved performance. Supports on-demand loading. Enables AJAX Control Toolkit controls to be used in ASP.NET Web Forms, ASP.NET MVC, HTML, PHP, and any other type of web application.

Using the client script loader Demo Using the client script loader

Using Microsoft Ajax client controls Demo Using Microsoft Ajax client controls

jQuery Integration All Microsoft Ajax Library controls are exposed as jQuery plug-ins automatically: $(“#input1”).watermark( “Enter some text” );

Client data access with jQuery Demo Client data access with jQuery

Summary Microsoft Ajax Library : Compatible with all modern browsers including Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Apple Safari, Opera, and Mozilla Firefox Compatible with ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web Forms, and any other type of web application Open Source (Please get involved!) CDN – You can use the Microsoft Ajax Library directly from the Microsoft Ajax CDN

Summary Microsoft Ajax Library Features: Powerful Client Data Access Enables you to retrieve and modify data from ASMX, WCF, and ADO.NET Data Services (any JSON End Point). Enables you to format data with client templates. Client Script Loader Loads all scripts required by a control automatically and executes the scripts in the right order. Supports script combining. Supports on-demand loading. Seamless jQuery Integration All Microsoft Ajax controls are exposed as jQuery plug-ins automatically.

Additional Resources Watch for Microsoft Ajax Library Beta http://www.ASP.net/ajax Check out Channel 9 Learn center http://channel9.msdn.com/learn/  

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